San Antonio climate
San Antonio is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.2 °C. May is the wettest month (111 mm) and August the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year San Antonio averages 861 mm of rain, 227 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.
United States · 198 m elevation · population 1,526,656 · 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 35 °C
- Coldest month January 7.2 °C
- Driest month August 50 mm
- Wettest month May 111 mm
- Least cloud October 41 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 43 °C
- Coldest on record February -6.8 °C
What to expectSan Antonio through the year
San Antonio has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 227 days a year reach 25 °C, 140 of them reach 30 °C, 4 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 111 mm against 50 mm in August — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.6 °C | 57 mm | 55 % |
| February | 20.2 °C | 60 mm | 57 % |
| March | 23.5 °C | 80 mm | 57 % |
| April | 27.2 °C | 80 mm | 55 % |
| May | 30.2 °C | 111 mm | 57 % |
| June | 33.1 °C | 72 mm | 47 % |
| July | 34.6 °C | 53 mm | 45 % |
| August | 35.2 °C | 50 mm | 42 % |
| September | 31.8 °C | 84 mm | 44 % |
| October | 27.7 °C | 84 mm | 41 % |
| November | 22.0 °C | 68 mm | 50 % |
| December | 18.1 °C | 63 mm | 55 % |
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 | 17.6 °C | 7.2 °C | 11.5 °C | 30.6 °C | -5.9 °C | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| February | 20.2 °C | 9.0 °C | 13.6 °C | 35.8 °C | -6.8 °C | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| March | 23.5 °C | 12.4 °C | 17.1 °C | 35.8 °C | -3.7 °C | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 27.2 °C | 15.9 °C | 20.8 °C | 37.0 °C | 2.2 °C | 23 | 6 | 0 |
| May | 30.2 °C | 20.0 °C | 24.5 °C | 37.7 °C | 8.3 °C | 29 | 16 | 0 |
| June | 33.1 °C | 23.1 °C | 27.7 °C | 41.8 °C | 15.7 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| July | 34.6 °C | 24.1 °C | 28.9 °C | 41.6 °C | 19.7 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| August | 35.2 °C | 24.7 °C | 29.5 °C | 43.1 °C | 18.8 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| September | 31.8 °C | 22.1 °C | 26.5 °C | 42.6 °C | 11.3 °C | 29 | 22 | 0 |
| October | 27.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 22.0 °C | 36.4 °C | 1.6 °C | 24 | 10 | 0 |
| November | 22.0 °C | 12.2 °C | 16.3 °C | 32.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18.1 °C | 8.2 °C | 12.3 °C | 28.4 °C | -5.0 °C | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 55 % | 68 % | 18 km/h |
| February | 60 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 57 % | 68 % | 19 km/h |
| March | 80 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 68 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 80 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 55 % | 68 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 111 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 57 % | 71 % | 19 km/h |
| June | 72 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 47 % | 69 % | 18 km/h |
| July | 53 mm | 6 | 14 h/day | 45 % | 65 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 50 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 42 % | 62 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 84 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 44 % | 66 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 84 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 41 % | 66 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 68 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 50 % | 68 % | 18 km/h |
| December | 63 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 55 % | 69 % | 18 km/h |
How San Antonio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 °C | 7.2 °C | 861 mm | 227 |
| Austin · United States | 35 °C | 6.3 °C | 924 mm | 216 |
| Corpus Christi · United States | 32 °C | 12 °C | 781 mm | 215 |
| Piedras Negras · Mexico | 37 °C | 8.0 °C | 563 mm | 259 |
| Nuevo Laredo · Mexico | 37 °C | 10 °C | 497 mm | 281 |
| Ciudad Acuña · Mexico | 36 °C | 7.3 °C | 481 mm | 248 |
| Cypress · United States | 34 °C | 7.7 °C | 1,173 mm | 213 |
Where San Antonio ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in North America in August | 18thof 50 | 35 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in July | 27thof 50 | 35 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in June | 30thof 50 | 33 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in September | 35thof 50 | 32 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about San Antonio’s climate
When is the best time to visit San Antonio?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does San Antonio get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 140 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 7.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in San Antonio?
May, averaging 111 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 861 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 San Antonio 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
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.