#17 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in El Paso, TX?
In 2024, 51% of daytime hours in El Paso were enjoyable outdoors: 2,411 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #17 of 35 major US cities. November was the best month and June the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 51%
- Comfortable temp
- 59%
- Too cold
- 12%
- Too hot
- 30%
- Lost to rain
- 0.1%
- Lost to gusts
- 7.9%
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 | 50% | 56% | 44% | 0% | 0.0% | 51°F |
| February | 64% | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0.0% | 57°F |
| March | 61% | 81% | 19% | 0% | 0.0% | 63°F |
| April | 73% | 92% | 6% | 3% | 0.0% | 71°F |
| May | 52% | 67% | 0% | 33% | 0.0% | 83°F |
| June | 11% | 16% | 0% | 84% | 0.3% | 93°F |
| July | 23% | 24% | 0% | 76% | 0.0% | 90°F |
| August | 18% | 18% | 0% | 82% | 0.0% | 91°F |
| September | 51% | 51% | 0% | 49% | 0.5% | 84°F |
| October | 60% | 72% | 1% | 27% | 0.0% | 78°F |
| November | 79% | 85% | 15% | 0% | 0.5% | 60°F |
| December | 67% | 73% | 27% | 0% | 0.0% | 56°F |
What limits outdoor time
El Paso loses hours at both ends of the year: January is often too cold, and June through September are often too hot. Wind matters too: gusts took 7.9% of daytime hours.
Where you stand matters here. Of the comfortable hours, 19% were only comfortable in the sun and 37% 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 24°F cooler in summer. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How El Paso, TX compares
- Salt Lake City, UT · #14 · 52%
- Atlanta, GA · #15 · 52%
- Washington, DC · #16 · 51%
- Philadelphia, PA · #18 · 50%
- Las Vegas, NV · #19 · 50%
- Jacksonville, FL · #20 · 50%
Other Texas cities: San Antonio, TX (45%), Fort Worth, TX (44%), Dallas, TX (44%), Houston, TX (43%), Austin, TX (42%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does El Paso, TX get?
2,411 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 51% of daytime hours, about 185 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #17 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in El Paso, TX?
November, when 79% of daytime hours were enjoyable. April (73%) and December (67%) came next. June was the worst month, at 11%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in El Paso, TX?
Mostly temperature. 12% of daytime hours were too cold and 30% too hot. Rain took another 0.1%, and gusty wind 7.9%.
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.