#10 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Albuquerque, NM?
In 2024, 57% of daytime hours in Albuquerque were enjoyable outdoors: 2,706 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #10 of 35 major US cities. October was the best month and July the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 57%
- Comfortable temp
- 63%
- Too cold
- 20%
- Too hot
- 17%
- Lost to rain
- 0.3%
- Lost to gusts
- 5.7%
Month by month
Share of each month's daytime hours (8 AM to 9 PM). Avg temp is the plain air temperature over those hours, not feels-like.
| Month | Enjoyable | Comfortable | Too cold | Too hot | Rain | Avg temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43% | 43% | 57% | 0% | 0.0% | 40°F |
| February | 51% | 55% | 45% | 0% | 0.0% | 49°F |
| March | 55% | 65% | 35% | 0% | 0.2% | 53°F |
| April | 75% | 88% | 12% | 0% | 0.0% | 63°F |
| May | 72% | 92% | 2% | 6% | 0.0% | 73°F |
| June | 41% | 46% | 0% | 54% | 0.8% | 85°F |
| July | 38% | 41% | 0% | 59% | 1.2% | 84°F |
| August | 45% | 46% | 0% | 54% | 0.0% | 84°F |
| September | 70% | 75% | 0% | 25% | 0.3% | 78°F |
| October | 77% | 88% | 8% | 4% | 0.7% | 69°F |
| November | 58% | 58% | 42% | 0% | 0.0% | 47°F |
| December | 56% | 57% | 43% | 0% | 0.0% | 46°F |
What limits outdoor time
Albuquerque loses hours at both ends of the year: November through February are often too cold, and June through August are often too hot. Wind matters too: gusts took 5.7% of daytime hours.
Where you stand matters here. Of the comfortable hours, 26% were only comfortable in the sun and 33% only in the shade.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 14°F cooler in summer, but nowhere meaningfully warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 26°F cooler in summer. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Albuquerque, NM compares
- Portland, OR · #7 · 63%
- Seattle, WA · #8 · 61%
- Denver, CO · #9 · 59%
- Charlotte, NC · #11 · 54%
- Honolulu, HI · #12 · 54%
- New York, NY · #13 · 53%
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Albuquerque, NM get?
2,706 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 57% of daytime hours, about 208 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #10 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Albuquerque, NM?
October, when 77% of daytime hours were enjoyable. April (75%) and May (72%) came next. July was the worst month, at 38%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Albuquerque, NM?
Mostly temperature. 20% of daytime hours were too cold and 17% too hot. Rain took another 0.3%, and gusty wind 5.7%.
Scored with the default rule: 48–79°F feels-like in sun or shade, under 1 mm/h of rain, gusts under 27 mph, 8 AM to 9 PM. If you run hotter or colder than that, set your own range on the map. How the score works.