Lancaster weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Lancaster is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and June close behind. Lancaster averages about 2,080 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 100 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,080
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 1,194 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 59k
- Elevation
- 119 m
When is the best time to visit Lancaster?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lancaster is May, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 72 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lancaster?
Lancaster gets a moderate 2,080 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate May (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #369 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,194 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 72 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 72 mm | 2 |
| March | 6 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 87 mm | 3 |
| April | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 95 mm | 5 |
| May | 73 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 100 mm | 6 |
| June | 69 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 122 mm | 7 |
| July | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 122 mm | 7 |
| August | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 113 mm | 6 |
| September | 69 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 117 mm | 5 |
| October | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 112 mm | 3 |
| November | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 83 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 99 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Harrisburg United States · 40 km · best in May · 2,080 h sun/yr
- Allentown/Bethlehem United States · 93 km · best in May · 2,074 h sun/yr
- Philadelphia United States · 94 km · best in May · 2,267 h sun/yr
- Baltimore United States · 110 km · best in Oct · 2,241 h sun/yr
- Trenton United States · 127 km · best in May · 2,166 h sun/yr
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton United States · 143 km · best in May · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hagerstown United States · 130 km · 2,175 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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