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

  1. Jan 11°
  2. Feb 14°
  3. Mar 17°
  4. Apr 21°
  5. May 24°
  6. Jun 28°
  7. Jul 29°
  8. Aug 29°
  9. Sep 26°
  10. Oct 22°
  11. Nov 16°
  12. Dec 12°

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

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

MonthAvg highAvg lowMeanRecord highRecord lowDays above 25 °CDays above 30 °CDays below 0 °C
January17.6 °C7.2 °C11.5 °C30.6 °C-5.9 °C102
February20.2 °C9.0 °C13.6 °C35.8 °C-6.8 °C501
March23.5 °C12.4 °C17.1 °C35.8 °C-3.7 °C1310
April27.2 °C15.9 °C20.8 °C37.0 °C2.2 °C2360
May30.2 °C20.0 °C24.5 °C37.7 °C8.3 °C29160
June33.1 °C23.1 °C27.7 °C41.8 °C15.7 °C30260
July34.6 °C24.1 °C28.9 °C41.6 °C19.7 °C31290
August35.2 °C24.7 °C29.5 °C43.1 °C18.8 °C31300
September31.8 °C22.1 °C26.5 °C42.6 °C11.3 °C29220
October27.7 °C17.5 °C22.0 °C36.4 °C1.6 °C24100
November22.0 °C12.2 °C16.3 °C32.1 °C-2.8 °C900
December18.1 °C8.2 °C12.3 °C28.4 °C-5.0 °C201

Rain, sun and wind month by month

MonthRainfallWet daysDaylightCloud coverHumidityWind
January57 mm710 h/day55 %68 %18 km/h
February60 mm811 h/day57 %68 %19 km/h
March80 mm912 h/day57 %68 %20 km/h
April80 mm913 h/day55 %68 %20 km/h
May111 mm1114 h/day57 %71 %19 km/h
June72 mm1014 h/day47 %69 %18 km/h
July53 mm614 h/day45 %65 %18 km/h
August50 mm613 h/day42 %62 %17 km/h
September84 mm812 h/day44 %66 %16 km/h
October84 mm811 h/day41 %66 %17 km/h
November68 mm711 h/day50 %68 %18 km/h
December63 mm810 h/day55 %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

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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

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.