Best time to visit Cape Coral

February is the best month in Cape Coral, scoring 89 out of 100, with August the weakest at 47. 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 30.9 °C and January the coolest at 21.9 °C — a 9 °C spread across the year. Around 113 days a year top 30 °C, concentrated in August and the months either side.

There is a real wet season here. June to September carry the rain — up to 29 wet days in a month — while January, February, March, April, November and December drop as low as 6. That 23-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Cape Coral, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea is comfortable for swimming in January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December — 30 °C at its warmest against 20.5 °C at its coldest. The water peaks a month or two after the air does, so the best swimming falls later in the year than the best weather. Daylight runs from 10.5 hours in winter to 13.8 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Cape Coral month by month