Cape Coral climate

Name: Cape Coral
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Cape Coral is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. June is the wettest month (159 mm) and November the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cape Coral averages 1,022 mm of rain, 286 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

United States · 1 m elevation · population 175,229 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month November 35 mm
Wettest month June 159 mm
Least cloud May 39 % cloud
Hottest on record June 37 °C
Coldest on record February -0.7 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectCape Coral through the year

Cape Coral has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 286 days a year reach 25 °C, 120 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 159 mm against 35 mm in November — 4.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Cape Coral is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in January at 20 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.6 °C	52 mm	48 %
February	23.9 °C	40 mm	43 %
March	25.7 °C	44 mm	41 %
April	28.0 °C	55 mm	40 %
May	30.4 °C	71 mm	39 %
June	30.7 °C	159 mm	59 %
July	31.0 °C	143 mm	64 %
August	31.0 °C	152 mm	65 %
September	30.3 °C	158 mm	62 %
October	28.7 °C	73 mm	48 %
November	26.0 °C	35 mm	42 %
December	23.9 °C	39 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	22.6 °C	14.1 °C	17.9 °C	29.5 °C	-0.3 °C	9	0
February	23.9 °C	15.1 °C	19.0 °C	30.9 °C	-0.7 °C	13	0
March	25.7 °C	16.7 °C	20.7 °C	31.3 °C	5.0 °C	21	1
April	28.0 °C	19.1 °C	23.2 °C	33.6 °C	8.7 °C	27	6
May	30.4 °C	21.6 °C	25.7 °C	35.3 °C	13.3 °C	31	19
June	30.7 °C	24.1 °C	27.0 °C	36.5 °C	20.3 °C	30	20
July	31.0 °C	24.7 °C	27.5 °C	36.4 °C	22.1 °C	31	24
August	31.0 °C	24.9 °C	27.5 °C	35.3 °C	22.2 °C	31	24
September	30.3 °C	24.1 °C	26.7 °C	35.9 °C	19.0 °C	30	18
October	28.7 °C	21.6 °C	24.7 °C	34.2 °C	9.0 °C	29	7
November	26.0 °C	18.0 °C	21.6 °C	31.9 °C	6.6 °C	21	1
December	23.9 °C	15.8 °C	19.3 °C	29.9 °C	2.3 °C	14	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	52 mm	5	11 h/day	48 %	73 %	20 km/h	19.9 °C
February	40 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	74 %	20 km/h	20.0 °C
March	44 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	70 %	21 km/h	21.6 °C
April	55 mm	6	13 h/day	40 %	70 %	20 km/h	24.2 °C
May	71 mm	9	13 h/day	39 %	70 %	18 km/h	26.6 °C
June	159 mm	19	14 h/day	59 %	79 %	16 km/h	28.8 °C
July	143 mm	21	14 h/day	64 %	80 %	14 km/h	29.8 °C
August	152 mm	22	13 h/day	65 %	81 %	15 km/h	30.2 °C
September	158 mm	18	12 h/day	62 %	81 %	16 km/h	29.5 °C
October	73 mm	9	12 h/day	48 %	76 %	18 km/h	27.4 °C
November	35 mm	4	11 h/day	42 %	73 %	19 km/h	24.0 °C
December	39 mm	4	10 h/day	46 %	74 %	19 km/h	21.7 °C

Where Cape Coral ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in April	25thof 50	92/100
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August	25thof 50	30 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in November	26thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in North America in January	26thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in North America in February	27thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in North America in December	37thof 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cape Coral.

QuestionsCommon questions about Cape Coral’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cape Coral?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Cape Coral get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 120 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Cape Coral?

June, averaging 159 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is November with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,022 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Cape Coral rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.