St. Petersburg month by month
Plan your visit to St. Petersburg by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
St. Petersburg's measured year splits into two halves. From November through May, rain days hold between 5 and 8 per month while highs rise from 20°C in January to 30°C in May. June shifts to 22 rain days at a 31°C high. July follows with 21 rain days, and August peaks at 23. Both months reach 32°C. September still logs 19 rain days at 30°C before October drops back to 8 rain days and 28°C. December is the driest month at 5 rain days, with November and February close behind at 6 each.
TTDI publishes 12 month guides for St. Petersburg beneath this index. The difference between months is driven by rainfall more than temperature, which spans 12 degrees across the full year. For a trip in the dry half, start with the December or February pages. Summer visitors should open the August guide first to understand what 23 rain days means for daily planning. The October and May pages sit at the transitions, both recording 8 rain days but at 28°C and 30°C respectively.
August records the most extreme combination in St. Petersburg's measured year, with 23 rain days at a 32°C high.
- January
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 60 mm
January is St. Petersburg's sweet spot for weather. Daytime highs sit around 20°C (67°F) with lows near 12°C (54°F), rainfall drops to about 60mm across roughly 8 days, and the…
- February
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
February is arguably the single best weather month in St. Petersburg, Florida. Daytime temperatures reach about 23°C (73°F) with lows near 15°C (59°F), and the rain largely stays…
- March
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 51 mm
March is when St. Petersburg, Florida earns its old nickname, the Sunshine City. Average highs reach 25°C (77°F), lows settle around 17°C (63°F), and the month typically sees only…
- April
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
April is the month that separates the people who know St. Petersburg, Florida from the people who only know spring break. The snowbird migration that clogs Beach Drive and fills…
- May
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
May in St. Petersburg, Florida marks the hinge between the dry season and the wet. The snowbird crowds that fill Beach Drive and Central Avenue from November through April have…
- June
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 154 mm
June in St. Petersburg, Florida marks the sharp turn into wet season. Rainfall nearly triples from May's 63mm to 154mm, and on roughly 22 of the month's 30 days you can expect at…
- July
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 128 mm
July in St. Petersburg, Florida falls right in the middle of the June-to-September wet season. Afternoon thunderstorms roll through on roughly 21 of the month's 31 days, typically…
- August
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 206 mm
August in St. Petersburg, Florida is the wettest month of the year, with 206mm of rainfall spread across roughly 23 days. That single fact shapes everything. Afternoon…
- September
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 153 mm
September in St. Petersburg, Florida sits right at the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and that single fact colors everything about visiting this month. Daytime…
- October
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 21°C
- Rain
- 103 mm
October in St. Petersburg, Florida is the month the city exhales. The worst of the summer humidity has started to break, afternoon highs sit around 28°C (83°F), and the snowbird…
- November
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 54 mm
November is when St. Petersburg, Florida finally exhales after 5 months of summer. The afternoon thunderstorms that hammer the city from June through September have tapered off to…
- December
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
December in St. Petersburg, Florida is when this Gulf Coast city turns into what the original developers had in mind when they started selling sunshine to northerners back in the…