Best time to visit Greensboro

The best time to visit Greensboro is April–May and October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

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  • 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
January9.8 °C / 50 °F0.3 °C / 33 °F88 mm / 3.5 inneither best nor good
February12.3 °C / 54 °F2 °C / 36 °F83 mm / 3.3 inneither best nor good
March16.9 °C / 62 °F5.8 °C / 42 °F90 mm / 3.5 ingood month
April22.1 °C / 72 °F10.5 °C / 51 °F88 mm / 3.4 inbest month
May25.9 °C / 79 °F15.3 °C / 60 °F97 mm / 3.8 inbest month
June30.2 °C / 86 °F19.7 °C / 67 °F88 mm / 3.4 inneither best nor good
July31.6 °C / 89 °F21.8 °C / 71 °F99 mm / 3.9 inneither best nor good
August30.4 °C / 87 °F20.9 °C / 70 °F102 mm / 4 inneither best nor good
September27.3 °C / 81 °F17.5 °C / 64 °F108 mm / 4.2 ingood month
October21.9 °C / 71 °F11.1 °C / 52 °F71 mm / 2.8 inbest month
November16 °C / 61 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F79 mm / 3.1 ingood month
December12 °C / 54 °F2.4 °C / 36 °F99 mm / 3.9 inneither best nor good
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: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: good
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
April–May, October
Good
March, September, November
Why these months
  • March · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 71%, feels like (high) 14.2 °C / 58 °F, average daily high 16.9 °C / 62 °F, precipitation 90 mm / 3.5 in, days with heavy rain 2.9 days, wet days 9.9 days, relative humidity 59%, average daily low 5.8 °C / 42 °F.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.7 °C / 69 °F, average daily high 22.1 °C / 72 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 78%, precipitation 88 mm / 3.4 in, wet days 9.2 days, days with heavy rain 3.3 days, average daily low 10.5 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 59%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.4 °C / 80 °F, average daily high 25.9 °C / 79 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 75%, precipitation 97 mm / 3.8 in, days with heavy rain 3.2 days, average daily low 15.3 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 66%, wet days 11.5 days.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.8 °C / 84 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, average daily high 27.3 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 108 mm / 4.2 in, days with heavy rain 3.1 days, wet days 10 days, average daily low 17.5 °C / 64 °F, relative humidity 73%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.2 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 21.9 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 74%, precipitation 71 mm / 2.8 in, wet days 7 days, days with heavy rain 2 days, average daily low 11.1 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • November · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 75%, feels like (high) 13.5 °C / 56 °F, precipitation 79 mm / 3.1 in, average daily high 16 °C / 61 °F, wet days 7.5 days, days with heavy rain 2.5 days, relative humidity 66%, average daily low 4.9 °C / 41 °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, 185 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) 6.3 °C9 °C14.2 °C20.7 °C26.4 °C32.5 °C35.1 °C33.6 °C28.8 °C21.2 °C13.5 °C9.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 2.9 days2.9 days2.9 days3.3 days3.2 days2.8 days2.9 days3 days3.1 days2 days2.5 days3 days
Time rain usually falls 10 pm11 am9 pm4 pm6 pm6 pm6 pm5 pm6 pm1 pm2 pm12 pm
Sunshine per day 6.9 h7.6 h8.5 h10.2 h10.6 h12 h11.8 h11 h9.4 h8.4 h7.7 h6.4 h
Relative humidity 65%62%59%59%66%66%70%73%73%71%66%69%

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) 2022–20258.1 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³8.2 µg/m³7.8 µg/m³10.1 µg/m³14.7 µg/m³14.7 µg/m³12.2 µg/m³9.4 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³7.6 µg/m³8.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202514.2 µg/m³13.7 µg/m³14 µg/m³12.7 µg/m³16.7 µg/m³22.3 µg/m³21.4 µg/m³18.4 µg/m³15.2 µg/m³13.3 µg/m³13.4 µg/m³14.4 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).