New Orleans month by month
Plan your visit to New Orleans by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 112 mm
January in New Orleans revolves around a single date, January 6. That evening, Twelfth Night, the Phunny Phorty Phellows board a St. Charles Avenue streetcar in sequined costumes…
- February
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 102 mm
February in New Orleans is Mardi Gras. That single fact shapes everything about visiting, from hotel availability and street closures to the smell of fried dough that drifts down…
- March
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 152 mm
March in New Orleans is defined by its St. Patrick's Day celebrations, which rank among the three largest in the United States. Multiple parades roll through the Irish Channel…
- April
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 112 mm
April in New Orleans revolves around two music festivals that turn the city into its loudest, most expensive stretch outside of Mardi Gras. The French Quarter Festival, typically…
- May
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 167 mm
May in New Orleans opens with the closing weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, one of the largest music events in North America. If you're arriving for those first…
- June
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 182 mm
June in New Orleans means heat and humidity, full stop. The average high reaches 31°C (88°F), but 78% humidity pushes the feels-like temperature well above that by mid-morning.…
- July
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 193 mm
July in New Orleans is, to put it plainly, about the heat. Afternoon temperatures typically reach 31°C (89°F), which sounds manageable on paper until you factor in the 81% average…
- August
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 211 mm
August in New Orleans is, to put it plainly, punishing. Daytime temperatures average 32°C (90°F), but that number understates what the air does to you. Humidity around 76% pushes…
- September
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 165 mm
September in New Orleans means oppressive heat at the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season. That is the first thing any visitor needs to know. On September 1 this year,…
- October
- High
- 26°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 78 mm
October is when New Orleans becomes comfortable after 4 months of summer that even locals try to escape. Daytime temperatures drop to an average high of 26.2°C (79°F), down from…
- November
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 85 mm
November is when New Orleans finally becomes walkable again. Summer here pushes highs above 30°C (86°F) with Gulf humidity that makes a 2-block walk through the French Quarter feel…
- December
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 129 mm
December in New Orleans means Reveillon. This multi-course dinner tradition, rooted in 19th-century Creole custom, fills dining rooms at restaurants like Antoine's (open since…