#19 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Las Vegas, NV?
In 2024, 50% of daytime hours in Las Vegas were enjoyable outdoors: 2,383 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #19 of 35 major US cities. April was the best month and July the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 50%
- Comfortable temp
- 56%
- Too cold
- 11%
- Too hot
- 33%
- Lost to rain
- 0.3%
- Lost to gusts
- 5.1%
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 | 65% | 67% | 33% | 0% | 1.7% | 49°F |
| February | 69% | 75% | 25% | 0% | 1.6% | 51°F |
| March | 66% | 81% | 19% | 0% | 0.5% | 57°F |
| April | 77% | 91% | 6% | 3% | 0.3% | 69°F |
| May | 61% | 71% | 1% | 28% | 0.0% | 79°F |
| June | 9% | 9% | 0% | 91% | 0.0% | 94°F |
| July | 1% | 1% | 0% | 99% | 0.0% | 99°F |
| August | 10% | 12% | 0% | 88% | 0.0% | 93°F |
| September | 36% | 39% | 0% | 61% | 0.0% | 87°F |
| October | 63% | 69% | 3% | 28% | 0.0% | 77°F |
| November | 72% | 78% | 22% | 0% | 0.0% | 55°F |
| December | 72% | 73% | 27% | 0% | 0.0% | 54°F |
What limits outdoor time
Heat costs Las Vegas more hours than cold does: 33% of daytime hours were too hot, 11% too cold. Wind matters too: gusts took 5.1% of daytime hours.
Where you stand matters here. Of the comfortable hours, 22% were only comfortable in the sun and 31% only in the shade.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 34°F cooler in summer and 4°F warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 5°F warmer in winter. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Las Vegas, NV compares
- Washington, DC · #16 · 51%
- El Paso, TX · #17 · 51%
- Philadelphia, PA · #18 · 50%
- Jacksonville, FL · #20 · 50%
- Boston, MA · #21 · 49%
- Nashville, TN · #22 · 49%
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Las Vegas, NV get?
2,383 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 50% of daytime hours, about 183 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #19 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Las Vegas, NV?
April, when 77% of daytime hours were enjoyable. December (72%) and November (72%) came next. July was the worst month, at 1%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Las Vegas, NV?
Mostly temperature. 11% of daytime hours were too cold and 33% too hot. Rain took another 0.3%, and gusty wind 5.1%.
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.