#20 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Jacksonville, FL?
In 2024, 50% of daytime hours in Jacksonville were enjoyable outdoors: 2,367 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #20 of 35 major US cities. March was the best month and July the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 50%
- Comfortable temp
- 57%
- Too cold
- 6%
- Too hot
- 38%
- Lost to rain
- 2.2%
- Lost to gusts
- 4.7%
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 | 71% | 78% | 21% | 1% | 3.2% | 60°F |
| February | 73% | 85% | 15% | 0% | 3.4% | 62°F |
| March | 83% | 96% | 3% | 1% | 5.2% | 69°F |
| April | 71% | 85% | 2% | 13% | 2.1% | 74°F |
| May | 36% | 41% | 0% | 59% | 1.5% | 82°F |
| June | 11% | 15% | 0% | 85% | 0.0% | 86°F |
| July | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0.0% | 86°F |
| August | 6% | 14% | 0% | 86% | 4.7% | 85°F |
| September | 23% | 27% | 0% | 73% | 1.8% | 81°F |
| October | 68% | 76% | 1% | 22% | 3.5% | 75°F |
| November | 79% | 83% | 8% | 9% | 0.3% | 71°F |
| December | 76% | 81% | 18% | 0% | 0.5% | 61°F |
What limits outdoor time
Heat costs Jacksonville more hours than cold does: 38% of daytime hours were too hot, 6% too cold. Wind matters too: gusts took 4.7% of daytime hours.
Shade does most of the work here: 31% of comfortable hours were only comfortable out of the sun, and just 7% only in it.
Weather escapes within driving distance
Within an hour's drive (about 45 miles) there's nowhere meaningfully cooler in summer or warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 4°F warmer in winter. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Jacksonville, FL compares
- El Paso, TX · #17 · 51%
- Philadelphia, PA · #18 · 50%
- Las Vegas, NV · #19 · 50%
- Boston, MA · #21 · 49%
- Nashville, TN · #22 · 49%
- Phoenix, AZ · #23 · 48%
Other Florida cities: Miami, FL (47%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Jacksonville, FL get?
2,367 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 50% of daytime hours, about 182 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #20 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Jacksonville, FL?
March, when 83% of daytime hours were enjoyable. November (79%) and December (76%) came next. July was the worst month, at 0%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Jacksonville, FL?
Mostly temperature. 6% of daytime hours were too cold and 38% too hot. Rain took another 2.2%, and gusty wind 4.7%.
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.