Best time to visit Baton Rouge

November is the best month in Baton Rouge, scoring 81 out of 100, with August the weakest at 39. The 42-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. 5 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

August is the warmest month at 32.8 °C and January the coolest at 15.7 °C — a 17.1 °C spread across the year. 126 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season. 19 nights a year dip below freezing.

There is a real wet season here. June to August carry the rain — up to 23 wet days in a month — while January, February, March, April, October and November drop as low as 9. That 14-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Baton Rouge, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in winter to 14.1 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Baton Rouge month by month