Washington, D.C.

United States

The political heart of the United States features broad avenues lined with free museums and powerful monuments.

Warmest month is July at 32°C on average. Coolest is January at 7°C. Driest reading falls in October with 6 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January7°±7°8
February10°±8°9
March15°±8°7
April20°±8°8
May24°±7°10
June29°±4°8
July32°±3°10
August30°±4°8
September27°±6°8
October21°±6°6
November15°±7°7
December9°±6°7

What to do

  • Tour the National Mall memorials
  • Visit the Smithsonian museums
  • Walk around the Tidal Basin during cherry blossom season
  • Tour the U.S. Capitol

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.