Austin, USA

There are 45 desert destinations in our catalog, and Austin's numbers hold their own: an 86/100 sun score at its October peak, when rain interrupts roughly 26% of days. For a city break on the desert belt, the data is a good starting point.

August is the heat peak, averaging 35°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 6°C. On the rain ledger, January is the safest bet at a 26% chance of a wet day, while May climbs to 46%. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on April–October.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 27°C highs with 39% rain-day odds, summer 35°C at 30%, autumn 27°C at 28%, and winter 18°C at 28%. Autumn wins on the numbers and winter loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. A practical compromise is October — the edge of the warm window, averaging 28°C with an 86 sun score.

Best months to visit Austin

Our month-by-month scoring puts October first (86/100), with November (82) and September (81) close behind. In practice you have flexibility — March–June and September–November all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip January if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 62/100.

For context: in October, Austin is drier than 2% of the desert destinations we track.

Month-by-month breakdown for Austin → · More destinations for October →

As of the latest refresh, Austin's next 15 days span 15°C to 31°C; 6 days look mostly sunny while none look likely to be wet — a live sun score of 88/100.