Virginia Beach climate

Name: Virginia Beach
Address: US

Virginia Beach is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.7 °C. September is the wettest month (117 mm) and February the driest (83 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Virginia Beach averages 1,161 mm of rain, 107 days above 25 °C and 21 days below freezing.

United States · 3 m elevation · population 454,808 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 2.7 °C
Driest month February 83 mm
Wettest month September 117 mm
Least cloud October 49 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record February -14 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectVirginia Beach through the year

Virginia Beach has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 107 days a year reach 25 °C, 23 of them reach 30 °C, 21 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 83 mm in February to 117 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Virginia Beach is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 6.2 °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	9.0 °C	95 mm	57 %
February	10.0 °C	83 mm	58 %
March	13.1 °C	101 mm	56 %
April	18.1 °C	87 mm	52 %
May	22.3 °C	88 mm	55 %
June	26.5 °C	87 mm	56 %
July	28.9 °C	116 mm	54 %
August	27.9 °C	106 mm	53 %
September	25.2 °C	117 mm	54 %
October	20.5 °C	93 mm	49 %
November	15.2 °C	92 mm	52 %
December	11.2 °C	98 mm	57 %

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	9.0 °C	2.7 °C	5.4 °C	22.1 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	9
February	10.0 °C	3.1 °C	6.0 °C	24.5 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	6
March	13.1 °C	5.9 °C	9.0 °C	28.2 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	2
April	18.1 °C	11.0 °C	14.0 °C	31.0 °C	1.3 °C	2	0	0
May	22.3 °C	15.9 °C	18.7 °C	33.5 °C	5.4 °C	9	1	0
June	26.5 °C	20.9 °C	23.4 °C	36.2 °C	11.4 °C	21	4	0
July	28.9 °C	23.5 °C	25.9 °C	38.3 °C	16.0 °C	29	10	0
August	27.9 °C	23.0 °C	25.2 °C	36.8 °C	16.2 °C	28	6	0
September	25.2 °C	20.7 °C	22.7 °C	33.9 °C	13.3 °C	15	1	0
October	20.5 °C	15.3 °C	17.6 °C	31.6 °C	5.2 °C	4	0	0
November	15.2 °C	9.4 °C	12.0 °C	25.8 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	0
December	11.2 °C	5.3 °C	7.9 °C	23.2 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	95 mm	10	9.9 h/day	57 %	72 %	25 km/h	7.8 °C
February	83 mm	10	11 h/day	58 %	72 %	25 km/h	6.2 °C
March	101 mm	10	12 h/day	56 %	72 %	25 km/h	7.7 °C
April	87 mm	9	13 h/day	52 %	73 %	25 km/h	11.8 °C
May	88 mm	10	14 h/day	55 %	76 %	22 km/h	17.0 °C
June	87 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	78 %	20 km/h	22.2 °C
July	116 mm	13	14 h/day	54 %	79 %	19 km/h	25.1 °C
August	106 mm	12	14 h/day	53 %	79 %	18 km/h	25.4 °C
September	117 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	78 %	21 km/h	24.0 °C
October	93 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	74 %	22 km/h	20.2 °C
November	92 mm	9	10 h/day	52 %	73 %	23 km/h	15.1 °C
December	98 mm	10	9.7 h/day	57 %	74 %	24 km/h	10.9 °C

How Virginia Beach 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
Virginia Beach	29 °C	2.7 °C	1,161 mm	107
Norfolk · United States	30 °C	1.6 °C	1,180 mm	132
Newport News · United States	31 °C	1.5 °C	1,145 mm	132
Richmond · United States	31 °C	-0.3 °C	1,114 mm	132
Washington · United States	31 °C	-1.9 °C	1,113 mm	124
Arlington · United States	31 °C	-2.1 °C	1,113 mm	119

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Virginia Beach.

QuestionsCommon questions about Virginia Beach’s climate

When is the best time to visit Virginia Beach?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Virginia Beach get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 23 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 21 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Virginia Beach?

September, averaging 117 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 83 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,161 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 Virginia Beach 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.