#25 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Dayton, OH?
In 2024, 47% of daytime hours in Dayton were enjoyable outdoors: 2,233 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #25 of 35 major US cities. May, September, and October were the best months and January the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 47%
- Comfortable temp
- 54%
- Too cold
- 34%
- Too hot
- 12%
- Lost to rain
- 2.0%
- Lost to gusts
- 5.0%
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 | 4% | 4% | 96% | 0% | 0.2% | 32°F |
| February | 32% | 35% | 65% | 0% | 0.8% | 42°F |
| March | 37% | 45% | 55% | 0% | 1.5% | 49°F |
| April | 54% | 75% | 25% | 0% | 5.6% | 59°F |
| May | 74% | 90% | 1% | 9% | 6.2% | 71°F |
| June | 59% | 67% | 0% | 33% | 1.5% | 77°F |
| July | 52% | 57% | 0% | 43% | 1.2% | 78°F |
| August | 56% | 59% | 0% | 41% | 1.5% | 77°F |
| September | 74% | 81% | 1% | 18% | 5.1% | 73°F |
| October | 74% | 83% | 17% | 0% | 0.0% | 62°F |
| November | 39% | 44% | 56% | 0% | 0.8% | 50°F |
| December | 9% | 9% | 91% | 0% | 0.0% | 38°F |
What limits outdoor time
Dayton loses hours at both ends of the year: November through March are often too cold, and July and August are often too hot. Wind matters too: gusts took 5.0% of daytime hours.
Where you stand matters here. Of the comfortable hours, 17% were only comfortable in the sun and 32% only in the shade.
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 Dayton, OH compares
- Nashville, TN · #22 · 49%
- Phoenix, AZ · #23 · 48%
- Indianapolis, IN · #24 · 47%
- Columbus, OH · #26 · 47%
- Miami, FL · #27 · 47%
- Chicago, IL · #28 · 45%
Other Ohio cities: Columbus, OH (47%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Dayton, OH get?
2,233 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 47% of daytime hours, about 172 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #25 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Dayton, OH?
May, September, and October all came in at 74% of daytime hours enjoyable. January was the worst month, at 4%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Dayton, OH?
Mostly temperature. 34% of daytime hours were too cold and 12% too hot. Rain took another 2.0%, and gusty wind 5.0%.
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.