Taos, USA

Taos sits in mountain country in USA, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the May peak reaches a 98/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 21°C — a solid base for a trip built around landscapes and trails.

July is the heat peak, averaging 29°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around -10°C. Rain is most likely in March, when about 26% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in October (12%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on June–September.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 16°C highs with 22% rain-day odds, summer 28°C at 21%, autumn 17°C at 15%, and winter 4°C at 19%. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 63). If your dates are flexible, September buys you 24°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Taos

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is May at 98/100, then June at 98 and July at 98. In practice you have flexibility — April–October all stay above a 70 sun score. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is March (63/100).

For context: in May, Taos is drier than 91% of the mountain destinations we track.

Month-by-month breakdown for Taos → · More destinations for May →

The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 5 look mostly clear and 2 carry meaningful rain risk, in a 0–18°C band. Today's cached sun score is 60/100.