#29 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in San Antonio, TX?
In 2024, 45% of daytime hours in San Antonio were enjoyable outdoors: 2,154 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #29 of 35 major US cities. March was the best month and August the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 45%
- Comfortable temp
- 51%
- Too cold
- 7%
- Too hot
- 42%
- Lost to rain
- 1.3%
- Lost to gusts
- 4.4%
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 | 54% | 58% | 42% | 0% | 1.5% | 52°F |
| February | 75% | 82% | 16% | 2% | 0.0% | 64°F |
| March | 84% | 93% | 4% | 3% | 2.5% | 69°F |
| April | 63% | 83% | 2% | 15% | 2.8% | 75°F |
| May | 36% | 41% | 0% | 59% | 3.5% | 83°F |
| June | 4% | 8% | 0% | 92% | 2.6% | 88°F |
| July | 6% | 6% | 0% | 94% | 0.2% | 87°F |
| August | 3% | 3% | 0% | 97% | 0.5% | 91°F |
| September | 21% | 24% | 0% | 76% | 1.3% | 85°F |
| October | 46% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0.0% | 81°F |
| November | 78% | 85% | 6% | 9% | 0.8% | 70°F |
| December | 76% | 81% | 19% | 0% | 0.0% | 63°F |
What limits outdoor time
San Antonio 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 4.4% of daytime hours.
Shade does most of the work here: 30% of comfortable hours were only comfortable out of the sun, and just 7% only in it.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 4°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 warmer in winter. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How San Antonio, TX compares
- Columbus, OH · #26 · 47%
- Miami, FL · #27 · 47%
- Chicago, IL · #28 · 45%
- Fort Worth, TX · #30 · 44%
- Dallas, TX · #31 · 44%
- Minneapolis, MN · #32 · 43%
Other Texas cities: El Paso, TX (51%), Fort Worth, TX (44%), Dallas, TX (44%), Houston, TX (43%), Austin, TX (42%).
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does San Antonio, TX get?
2,154 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 45% of daytime hours, about 166 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #29 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in San Antonio, TX?
March, when 84% of daytime hours were enjoyable. November (78%) and December (76%) came next. August was the worst month, at 3%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in San Antonio, TX?
Mostly temperature. 7% of daytime hours were too cold and 42% too hot. Rain took another 1.3%, and gusty wind 4.4%.
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.