Best time to visit Eugene

Eugene is a city of two halves. July scores 97 and December scores 30 — a 67-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs July to September — 3 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 27.7 °C and December the coolest at 9.2 °C — a 18.5 °C spread across the year. 24 nights a year dip below freezing.

There is a real wet season here. January, March, November and December carry the rain — up to 20 wet days in a month — while July to September drop as low as 2. That 18-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Eugene, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 8.9 hours in winter to 15.5 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Eugene month by month