Best time to visit United States

86 destinations

United States does not have a single best season. Its 86 destinations peak across 11 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.

Averaged across every destination listed, United States is at its best in October, scoring 77 out of 100, with April close behind at 74. January is the weakest month nationally at 50. The workable window is wide — 4 months sit within eight points of the best — so a trip covering several of these places has room to move.

United States is not one climate. Phoenix averages 31 °C across the year against 6 °C in Anchorage — a 25 °C gap wide enough that advice for one is close to useless for the other. Rain splits the country further: Miami sees 190 wet days a year against 30 in Las Vegas, which is a different kind of trip rather than a slightly damper one.

DestinationBest monthHigh °CRain daysScore
San Francisco July 22.80100
Irvine June 20.10100
San Diego May 25.4198
Los Angeles May 25.9297
Phoenix November 25.9297
El Paso March 22.3297
Las Vegas April 26.9297
Tucson March 24.9297
Eugene July 25.7297
Sedona April 22.1395
San Jose May 23.6395
Albuquerque April 23.2395
Bakersfield November 23.8395
Reno June 27.4295
Napa May 24.9394
Seattle July 23.5494
Riverside April 25.6394
Laredo February 24.2494
Spokane September 23.9494
Sacramento May 27.2393
Tri-Cities September 27.4393
Aspen June 23.3592
Moab April 20.5592
Lubbock April 25.5492
Richmond July 21.4592
Brownsville February 24.5492
Key West January 22.7591
San Antonio February 20.4591
Fresno April 24.2591
Corpus Christi February 22.2591
Boise September 27.9391
Amarillo April 23.5591
Park City June 23.1690
Denver October 20.6689
Portland July 28.3389
Tampa November 24.4689
Salt Lake City September 26.6689
Cape Coral February 23.6689
Dallas November 19.9687
Miami January 22.7787
Jacksonville November 22.9786
Atlanta October 24.1786
Wichita October 21.5786
Montgomery October 26.5786
Tallahassee November 22.4785
Charlotte October 23.3884
Jackson October 26.2883
Houston March 22.9883
Indianapolis September 25.8883
Oklahoma City April 22.7883
Raleigh October 22.8883
Virginia Beach October 21.1883
New Orleans November 20.6883
Shreveport November 19.9883
Mobile November 20.8883
Sioux Falls September 24.6983
New York City September 23.2981
Chicago September 21.91081
Philadelphia September 26.5981
Washington October 20.2981
Boston September 24.3981
Kansas City September 26.8981
Tulsa October 23.2981
Honolulu May 26.81181
Pittsburgh September 26.41081
St. Louis October 20.6981
Fort Wayne September 25.11081
Baton Rouge November 21.9981
Huntsville October 23.9981
Knoxville October 23981
Columbus September 26.31080
Nashville October 22.6980
Detroit September 23.91180
New South Memphis October 24.1980
Louisville October 20.5980
Milwaukee September 23.61080
Omaha September 26.41080
Minneapolis September 23.11080
Des Moines September 25.61080
Little Rock October 24.6980
Grand Rapids July 26.91180
Bar Harbor August 22.41278
Meads October 211178
Cleveland September 22.71277
Buffalo August 26.81475
Anchorage July 18.31666

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