Best time to visit Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a city of two halves. April scores 97 and August 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. 4 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

July is the warmest month at 41.5 °C and December the coolest at 14.6 °C — a 26.9 °C spread across the year. 163 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season. 15 nights a year dip below freezing.

Rain is spread evenly through the year — between 0 and 4 wet days in every month — so there is no dry season to aim for and no wet one to dodge. Whatever you plan, the odds of rain are much the same.

Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in winter to 14.6 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Las Vegas month by month