Best time to visit Everglades National Park

The best time to visit Everglades National Park is December–March, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Everglades National Park, Florida, United States

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  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January24.9 °C / 77 °F15.7 °C / 60 °F28 mm / 1.1 inbest month
February26.3 °C / 79 °F17.2 °C / 63 °F30 mm / 1.2 inbest month
March27.7 °C / 82 °F18.2 °C / 65 °F30 mm / 1.2 inbest month
April29.9 °C / 86 °F20.9 °C / 70 °F40 mm / 1.6 ingood month
May31.4 °C / 89 °F23 °C / 73 °F75 mm / 2.9 inneither best nor good
June31.9 °C / 89 °F24.9 °C / 77 °F162 mm / 6.4 inneither best nor good
July32.6 °C / 91 °F25.6 °C / 78 °F136 mm / 5.4 inneither best nor good
August32.9 °C / 91 °F25.8 °C / 78 °F157 mm / 6.2 inneither best nor good
September32 °C / 90 °F24.9 °C / 77 °F166 mm / 6.5 inneither best nor good
October30.6 °C / 87 °F23 °C / 73 °F81 mm / 3.2 inneither best nor good
November28.2 °C / 83 °F19.4 °C / 67 °F29 mm / 1.1 ingood month
December26.4 °C / 80 °F17.8 °C / 64 °F41 mm / 1.6 inbest month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: best
Best
December–March
Good
April, November
Why these months
  • January · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.9 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 24.9 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 28 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, wet days 4.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.7 days, average daily low 15.7 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 70%.

  • February · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.1 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 30 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 26.3 °C / 79 °F, wet days 4.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 17.2 °C / 63 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • March · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.5 °C / 83 °F, precipitation 30 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 27.7 °C / 82 °F, wet days 4.1 days, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, average daily low 18.2 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 66%.

  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 40 mm / 1.6 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 5.7 days, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, relative humidity 66%, average daily low 20.9 °C / 70 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.8 °C / 89 °F, average daily high 29.9 °C / 86 °F.

  • November · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 29.3 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 29 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, wet days 4.6 days, days with heavy rain 0.9 days, average daily high 28.2 °C / 83 °F, average daily low 19.4 °C / 67 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • December · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.2 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 41 mm / 1.6 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, average daily high 26.4 °C / 80 °F, wet days 5 days, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, average daily low 17.8 °C / 64 °F, relative humidity 73%.

Hiking and trekking

Cool enough to climb in, dry enough to enjoy, long enough days.

  1. JJanuary: best
  2. FFebruary: good
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: good
Best
January
Good
February, December
Why these months
  • January · best

    In its favour: precipitation 28 mm / 1.1 in, wet days 4.3 days, days with heavy rain 0.7 days, average daily high 24.9 °C / 77 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, average daily low 15.7 °C / 60 °F, daylight per day 10.8 h, wind (daily max) 18 km/h / 11 mph, feels like (high) 24.9 °C / 77 °F.

  • February · good

    In its favour: precipitation 30 mm / 1.2 in, wet days 4.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, daylight per day 11.3 h, wind (daily max) 18 km/h / 11 mph.

    Against: average daily high 26.3 °C / 79 °F, feels like (high) 27.1 °C / 81 °F, average daily low 17.2 °C / 63 °F.

  • December · good

    In its favour: precipitation 41 mm / 1.6 in, wet days 5 days, days with heavy rain 1.1 days, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, wind (daily max) 17 km/h / 11 mph, daylight per day 10.6 h.

    Against: average daily high 26.4 °C / 80 °F, feels like (high) 27.2 °C / 81 °F, average daily low 17.8 °C / 64 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Sugar Mountain Resort, 1197 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 24.9 °C27.1 °C28.5 °C31.8 °C34.6 °C37.1 °C38.3 °C38.5 °C37.3 °C33.7 °C29.3 °C27.2 °C
Days with heavy rain 0.7 days0.8 days0.6 days1.1 days2.1 days4.6 days4 days4.5 days4.8 days2.5 days0.9 days1.1 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm3 pm3 pm4 pm2 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm5 pm4 pm3 pm3 pm
Sunshine per day 9.4 h10.1 h10.7 h12 h12 h11 h11.3 h10.8 h10.1 h9.9 h9.4 h9.3 h
Relative humidity 70%71%66%66%68%76%76%76%78%74%71%73%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20256.7 µg/m³6.8 µg/m³7.8 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³6.9 µg/m³8.1 µg/m³10.7 µg/m³7.6 µg/m³5.2 µg/m³6.1 µg/m³5.9 µg/m³5.8 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20259.2 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³10.7 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³11.4 µg/m³14.7 µg/m³10.4 µg/m³7 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³8.1 µg/m³8.1 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).