United States · 29.95°N 90.07°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit New Orleans is October, with highs of 27 °C81 °F and nights of 16 °C61 °F.
Rain falls all year, 80–168 mm3.1–6.6 in a month, so there is no dry season. October is the driest month and July the wettest. July is the hottest month (highs of 33 °C91 °F) and January the coldest (17 °C63 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 29.95, -90.07. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: October.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within New Orleans's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1365.4 | 1763 | 643 | rainy | too cold |
| February | 1365.4 | 1965 | 846 | rainy | too rainy |
| March | 1365.4 | 2272 | 1152 | rainy | too rainy |
| April | 1204.7 | 2678 | 1558 | rainy | too rainy |
| May | 1285.0 | 2984 | 1966 | rainy | too hot |
| June | 1445.7 | 3290 | 2272 | rainy | too hot |
| July | 1686.6 | 3391 | 2373 | rainy | too hot |
| August | 1606.3 | 3391 | 2373 | rainy | too hot |
| September | 1445.7 | 3188 | 2271 | rainy | too hot |
| October | 803.1 | 2780 | 1661 | showers | good |
| November | 1204.7 | 2272 | 1152 | rainy | too rainy |
| December | 1285.0 | 1965 | 846 | rainy | too rainy |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | October |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | May to September |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | January |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Not a clear one. Rain falls all year, 80–168 mm3.1–6.6 in a month, so there is no dry season. October is the driest month and July the wettest.
July is the hottest month (highs of 33 °C91 °F) and January the coldest (17 °C63 °F). Annual rainfall is about 1,600 mm63 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when New Orleans does not:
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