New Orleans, USA

New Orleans sits under a tropical sky in USA, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the May peak reaches an 88/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 29°C — a solid base for an urban escape.

The year runs from average lows of 9°C in January to highs of 31°C in August. The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 73% rain-day odds in July against 27% in October. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on April–October.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 85 for spring, 82 for summer, 85 for autumn and 67 for winter — with typical afternoons of 25°, 31°, 26° and 18°C respectively. That makes spring the statistical sweet spot (season score 85), with autumn a workable second; winter is where the odds thin out. A practical compromise is October — the edge of the warm window, averaging 26°C with an 87 sun score.

Best months to visit New Orleans

The best month on record is May — an 88/100 sun score, built on 53% cloud cover and 44% rain-day odds — followed by October and April. In practice you have flexibility — February–November all stay above a 70 sun score. At the other end, January scores just 60, the weakest month of the year.

For context: in May, New Orleans is drier than 58% of the tropical destinations we track.

Month-by-month breakdown for New Orleans → · More destinations for May →

Right now the 15-day outlook shows 4 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and none with real rain risk, with temperatures between 13°C and 29°C — which is how New Orleans earns its current 89/100 sun score.