#34 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Austin, TX?
In 2024, 42% of daytime hours in Austin were enjoyable outdoors: 1,992 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #34 of 35 major US cities. March was the best month and August the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 42%
- Comfortable temp
- 51%
- Too cold
- 8%
- Too hot
- 41%
- Lost to rain
- 1.8%
- Lost to gusts
- 7.1%
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 | 45% | 54% | 46% | 0% | 2.0% | 50°F |
| February | 66% | 80% | 20% | 1% | 1.1% | 63°F |
| March | 76% | 93% | 5% | 2% | 3.5% | 68°F |
| April | 56% | 86% | 3% | 10% | 2.6% | 74°F |
| May | 37% | 43% | 0% | 57% | 4.0% | 82°F |
| June | 4% | 7% | 0% | 93% | 2.8% | 88°F |
| July | 6% | 8% | 0% | 92% | 1.7% | 88°F |
| August | 2% | 2% | 0% | 98% | 0.0% | 92°F |
| September | 23% | 25% | 0% | 75% | 0.3% | 85°F |
| October | 43% | 47% | 1% | 52% | 0.0% | 82°F |
| November | 72% | 84% | 8% | 8% | 1.0% | 70°F |
| December | 73% | 82% | 17% | 1% | 2.2% | 63°F |
What limits outdoor time
Austin loses hours at both ends of the year: January is often too cold, and May through October are often too hot. Wind matters too: gusts took 7.1% of daytime hours.
Sun or shade makes less difference here: 63% of comfortable hours were pleasant in both.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 3°F cooler in summer, but nowhere meaningfully warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 4°F cooler in summer and 3°F warmer in winter. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Austin, TX compares
- Dallas, TX · #31 · 44%
- Minneapolis, MN · #32 · 43%
- Houston, TX · #33 · 43%
- Oklahoma City, OK · #35 · 42%
Other Texas cities: El Paso, TX (51%), San Antonio, TX (45%), Fort Worth, TX (44%), Dallas, TX (44%), Houston, TX (43%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Austin, TX get?
1,992 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 42% of daytime hours, about 153 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #34 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Austin, TX?
March, when 76% of daytime hours were enjoyable. December (73%) and November (72%) came next. August was the worst month, at 2%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Austin, TX?
Mostly temperature. 8% of daytime hours were too cold and 41% too hot. Rain took another 1.8%, and gusty wind 7.1%.
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.