Best time to visit New York
Our pick for sun: May to July.
The best months
- SunMay to July
- CityApril to May
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Good, 64/100 | Good, 65/100, Cyclone season | Good, 65/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 48/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 46/100, Cyclone season | Best avoided, 2/100, Cyclone season | Best avoided, 5/100, Cyclone season | Best avoided, 20/100 |
| City | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 50/100 | Good, 69/100 | Good, 74/100 | Fair, 59/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 47/100, Cyclone season | Best avoided, 34/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 45/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 46/100, Cyclone season | Fair, 50/100, Cyclone season | Best avoided, 26/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Sea | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | -4°C | 6°C | 88 mm |
| February | 5°C | -3°C | 5°C | 81 mm |
| March | 9°C | 1°C | 5°C | 110 mm |
| April | 15°C | 7°C | 8°C | 97 mm |
| May | 21°C | 12°C | 13°C | 94 mm |
| June | 26°C | 18°C | 18°C | 108 mm |
| July | 29°C | 21°C | 22°C | 110 mm |
| August | 28°C | 20°C | 23°C | 106 mm |
| September | 24°C | 16°C | 22°C | 105 mm |
| October | 18°C | 9°C | 18°C | 102 mm |
| November | 11°C | 4°C | 13°C | 82 mm |
| December | 6°C | -1°C | 9°C | 105 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 1 h 20 min
- From YYZ : about 1 h 25 min
- From YVR : about 5 h 30 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
- NOAA OISST v2.1
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).