United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Phoenix.

November leads for comfortable weather in Phoenix: typically 24.8°C by day, 11.9°C at night, with 15 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortNovember

Typical high24.8°C

Typical low11.9°C

Rain in November15 mm

Comfort

November

November · March · February

92climate match

Beach

October

October · April · May

84climate match

Outdoors

January

January · February · December

96climate match

The weakest month is July, scoring 17 against November’s 92 — days average 41.4°C, 17° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

7319.9° / 7.7°

Feb

8221.7° / 9.4°

Mar

9025.6° / 12.3°

Apr

7929.8° / 15.8°

May

5434.8° / 20.7°

Jun

2740.2° / 25.8°

Jul

1741.4° / 29°

Aug

2140.6° / 28.5°

Sep

3538.1° / 25.4°

Oct

6831.8° / 18.5°

Nov

9224.8° / 11.9°

Dec

7019.1° / 7.3°

Monthly climate evidence for Phoenix — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	19.9°C	7.7°C	22 mm	2.7	10 h 09	73	Strong coverage
February	21.7°C	9.4°C	22 mm	3	10 h 56	82	Strong coverage
March	25.6°C	12.3°C	21 mm	2.4	11 h 53	90	Strong coverage
April	29.8°C	15.8°C	6 mm	1.2	12 h 58	79	Strong coverage
May	34.8°C	20.7°C	3 mm	0.7	13 h 52	54	Strong coverage
June	40.2°C	25.8°C	1 mm	0.1	14 h 21	27	Strong coverage
July	41.4°C	29°C	23 mm	2.7	14 h 10	17	Strong coverage
August	40.6°C	28.5°C	24 mm	3.2	13 h 23	21	Strong coverage
September	38.1°C	25.4°C	15 mm	1.8	12 h 20	35	Strong coverage
October	31.8°C	18.5°C	14 mm	1.8	11 h 17	68	Strong coverage
November	24.8°C	11.9°C	15 mm	1.5	10 h 23	92	Strong coverage
December	19.1°C	7.3°C	19 mm	2.8	9 h 57	70	Strong coverage

What has changed

Phoenix runs +1.4°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan

+1.1

Feb

+0.9

Mar

+2.1

Apr

+1.8

May

+0.7

Jun

+1.6

Jul

+1.0

Aug

+1.6

Sep

+1.6

Oct

+1.5

Nov

+1.8

Dec

+1.2

November daytime highs, 2011–2025. Last recorded: 26.6°C.

Records at PHOENIX AP, 1933–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	31.1°C19 Jan 1971	-8.3°C5 Jan 1950	34 mm21 Jan 2010	133 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 2006	88
February	33.3°C27 Feb 1986	-5.6°C12 Feb 1948	37 mm24 Feb 1987	80 mm2003 · driest 0 mm in 2016	90
March	40.6°C21 Mar 2026	-3.9°C4 Mar 1966	50 mm3 Mar 1983	83 mm1941 · driest 0 mm in 2009	89
April	40.6°C22 Apr 2012	1.1°C1 Apr 1938	23 mm11 Apr 1941	53 mm1941 · driest 0 mm in 1993	88
May	45.0°C26 May 1951	4.4°C2 May 1967	24 mm15 May 2015	30 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2014	89
June	50.0°C26 Jun 1990	10.0°C17 Jun 1944	35 mm22 Jun 1972	43 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 1970	89
July	49.4°C28 Jul 1995	16.1°C2 Jul 1941	48 mm28 Jul 1984	131 mm1984 · driest 0 mm in 1995	88
August	47.8°C7 Aug 2025	15.6°C18 Aug 1938	76 mm3 Aug 1943	141 mm1951 · driest 0 mm in 2002	87
September	47.8°C1 Sep 1950	8.3°C20 Sep 1965	84 mm8 Sep 2014	130 mm2014 · driest 0 mm in 1978	87
October	45.0°C1 Oct 2024	1.1°C30 Oct 1971	60 mm2 Oct 2018	136 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 2008	86
November	37.2°C5 Nov 2020	-3.9°C25 Nov 1938	41 mm22 Nov 2013	77 mm1952 · driest 0 mm in 1999	87
December	31.1°C10 Dec 1950	-5.6°C5 Dec 1948	38 mm30 Dec 1940	101 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 1999	88

Typical days per month at PHOENIX AP, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	3	0	<1
February	8	<1	<1
March	18	6	<1
April	26	16	<1
May	30	27	<1
June	30	30	0
July	31	31	<1
August	31	31	<1
September	30	30	<1
October	29	22	<1
November	15	4	<1
December	2	0	<1

The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was March (scoring 89); on 2011–2025 it is November (90). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.

How often, not how much — every day in PHOENIX AP’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	46%	9%	2%	5%	17.3–21.2°C
February	61%	10%	2%	8%	18.5–23.9°C
March	81%	9%	2%	6%	21.7–28.0°C
April	94%	4%	<1%	<1%	26.7–32.2°C
May	98%	2%	<1%	<1%	31.8–36.7°C
June	99%	1%	<1%	<1%	37.5–41.8°C
July	91%	9%	2%	5%	39.6–42.4°C
August	89%	11%	3%	5%	37.7–41.8°C
September	93%	7%	2%	3%	35.2–39.4°C
October	93%	6%	1%	3%	28.7–34.0°C
November	80%	6%	2%	4%	21.8–26.8°C
December	48%	9%	3%	6%	17.3–21.4°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1934Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 84-year average. Warmest: 2024. Coolest: 1964.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 5308655
NOAA station: USW00023183 · PHOENIX AP
Station distance: 6.9 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 30 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 33.45°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from PHOENIX AP is what differs

Central City→Encanto→Biltmore Gates→Biltmore Greens III→Biltmore Villas→Bronze Boot→

Or put two places side by side: Phoenix vs Central City

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The whole year,without the guesswork.

Phoenix runs +1.4°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Phoenix.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Phoenix runs +1.4°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.