Best time to visit Albuquerque

Albuquerque is a city of two halves. April scores 95 and July scores 44 — a 51-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. 4 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

June is the warmest month at 34.9 °C and December the coolest at 10.3 °C — a 24.6 °C spread across the year. Around 112 days a year top 30 °C, concentrated in June and the months either side. At the other end, 93 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

There is a real wet season here. July to August carry the rain — up to 13 wet days in a month — while January, February, March, April, May, June, November and December drop as low as 3. That 10-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Albuquerque, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 9.8 hours in winter to 14.5 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are April, October, March. The one to think twice about is July. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Albuquerque month by month