Nashville climate

Name: Nashville
Address: US

Nashville is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.08 °C. April is the wettest month (130 mm) and October the driest (91 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nashville averages 1,327 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 52 days below freezing.

United States · 170 m elevation · population 689,447 · 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 July 31 °C
Coldest month January 0.08 °C
Driest month October 91 mm
Wettest month April 130 mm
Least cloud October 47 % cloud
Hottest on record June 41 °C
Coldest on record January -21 °C

What to expectNashville through the year

Nashville has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.5 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 52 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 91 mm in October to 130 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.5 °C	106 mm	64 %
February	11.0 °C	116 mm	66 %
March	15.7 °C	126 mm	62 %
April	20.9 °C	130 mm	57 %
May	25.4 °C	125 mm	58 %
June	29.6 °C	109 mm	55 %
July	31.4 °C	112 mm	54 %
August	31.1 °C	94 mm	50 %
September	27.8 °C	92 mm	47 %
October	21.9 °C	91 mm	47 %
November	15.0 °C	100 mm	54 %
December	10.0 °C	126 mm	64 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.5 °C	0.1 °C	3.5 °C	21.9 °C	-20.9 °C	0	0	17
February	11.0 °C	1.5 °C	5.4 °C	24.7 °C	-20.9 °C	0	0	13
March	15.7 °C	5.3 °C	9.8 °C	28.8 °C	-14.3 °C	1	0	6
April	20.9 °C	10.2 °C	15.0 °C	30.6 °C	-2.3 °C	6	0	0
May	25.4 °C	15.3 °C	20.0 °C	34.7 °C	3.4 °C	18	3	0
June	29.6 °C	19.8 °C	24.4 °C	41.4 °C	10.4 °C	27	14	0
July	31.4 °C	21.9 °C	26.3 °C	39.6 °C	15.1 °C	31	22	0
August	31.1 °C	21.4 °C	25.9 °C	41.1 °C	12.6 °C	30	19	0
September	27.8 °C	18.0 °C	22.5 °C	37.2 °C	6.2 °C	23	9	0
October	21.9 °C	11.9 °C	16.3 °C	35.5 °C	0.0 °C	9	1	0
November	15.0 °C	6.0 °C	9.8 °C	30.0 °C	-7.4 °C	1	0	4
December	10.0 °C	2.1 °C	5.4 °C	23.2 °C	-11.4 °C	0	0	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	106 mm	10	10.0 h/day	64 %	72 %	16 km/h
February	116 mm	11	11 h/day	66 %	71 %	16 km/h
March	126 mm	12	12 h/day	62 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	130 mm	12	13 h/day	57 %	71 %	17 km/h
May	125 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	74 %	14 km/h
June	109 mm	13	15 h/day	55 %	73 %	12 km/h
July	112 mm	13	14 h/day	54 %	73 %	11 km/h
August	94 mm	11	14 h/day	50 %	72 %	11 km/h
September	92 mm	8	12 h/day	47 %	70 %	12 km/h
October	91 mm	8	11 h/day	47 %	70 %	14 km/h
November	100 mm	9	10 h/day	54 %	72 %	15 km/h
December	126 mm	11	9.7 h/day	64 %	75 %	16 km/h

How Nashville compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Nashville	31 °C	0.08 °C	1,327 mm	146
Murfreesboro · United States	31 °C	0.6 °C	1,335 mm	147
Clarksville · United States	32 °C	-0.1 °C	1,241 mm	146
Huntsville · United States	31 °C	1.6 °C	1,354 mm	151
Chattanooga · United States	31 °C	1.0 °C	1,311 mm	145
Louisville · United States	31 °C	-2.4 °C	1,170 mm	131
Knoxville · United States	30 °C	-0.10 °C	1,219 mm	132

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Nashville.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nashville’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nashville?

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

How hot does Nashville get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 68 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.08 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 52 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nashville?

April, averaging 130 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is October with 91 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,327 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 Nashville 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.