Best time to visit Nashville

October is the best month in Nashville, scoring 80 out of 100, with January the weakest at 39. The 41-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. 4 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 32.3 °C and January the coolest at 7.6 °C — a 24.7 °C spread across the year. Around 75 days a year top 30 °C, concentrated in August and the months either side. At the other end, 74 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

There is a real wet season here. July carries the rain — up to 17 wet days in a month — while January, September, October and November drop as low as 9. That 8-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Nashville, and it moves further than the temperature does.

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 October, April, May. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Nashville month by month