Sonoma, USA
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Sonoma sits along the Mediterranean in USA, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the June peak reaches a 100/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 28°C — a solid base for an outdoors-led escape.
August is the heat peak, averaging 30°C highs; December is the cool end, when nights dip to around 5°C. Rain is most likely in March, when about 36% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in July (0%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on June–October.
Averaged by season, sun scores land at 85 for spring, 100 for summer, 88 for autumn and 52 for winter — with typical afternoons of 20°, 29°, 24° and 15°C respectively. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep autumn as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 52). A practical compromise is June — the edge of the warm window, averaging 28°C with a 100 sun score.
Best months to visit Sonoma
Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is June at 100/100, then July at 100 and August at 100. In practice you have flexibility — April–November all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip January if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 46/100.
For context: in June, Sonoma is drier than 92% of the mediterranean destinations we track.
Month-by-month breakdown for Sonoma → · More destinations for June →
The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 4 look mostly clear and none carry meaningful rain risk, in a 5–26°C band. Today's cached sun score is 91/100.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 8,831 km | ~11 h 30 | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 8,725 km | ~11 h 30 | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 8,570 km | ~11 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 8,907 km | ~11 h 45 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 9,085 km | ~11 h 45 | Find flights → |
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct | 22° / 5° | 26% | 0% |
| Thu 29 Oct | 19° / 9° | 96% | 1% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 22° / 7° | 40% | 0% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 20° / 9° | 70% | 5% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 22° / 7° | 0% | 2% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 23° / 9° | 79% | 0% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 24° / 10° | 39% | 13% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 18° / 12° | 78% | 10% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 21° / 10° | 79% | 7% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 23° / 9° | 25% | 8% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 22° / 11° | 91% | 7% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 26° / 10° | 63% | 5% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 26° / 13° | 100% | 10% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 25° / 12° | 64% | 8% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 20° / 12° | 55% | 25% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 15° / 12° | 93% | 19% |
Sonoma climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (June highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14° / 4.8° | 64.2% | 35.2% | 46 |
| February | 15.7° / 4.7° | 50.3% | 26.2% | 61 |
| March | 16.5° / 5.9° | 54.2% | 35.9% | 64 |
| April | 20.1° / 7.8° | 46.6% | 15% | 91 |
| May | 23.6° / 10° | 38.1% | 8.7% | 99 |
| June | 27.7° / 12.3° | 29.5% | 1.7% | 100 |
| July | 29.5° / 12.9° | 25.7% | 0% | 100 |
| August | 29.8° / 13.6° | 26.5% | 1.9% | 100 |
| September | 28.4° / 13.1° | 29.7% | 5% | 97 |
| October | 24.5° / 10.5° | 34.2% | 12.4% | 92 |
| November | 17.9° / 6.7° | 49.8% | 22% | 74 |
| December | 13.8° / 4.6° | 62.5% | 31% | 49 |
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