Little Rock weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Little Rock is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and October close behind. Little Rock averages about 2,405 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 88 mm of rain in September.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,405
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 1,367 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈33 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 271k
- Elevation
- 77 m
When is the best time to visit Little Rock?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Little Rock is September, then June and October. The dullest month is January (13/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Little Rock?
Little Rock gets a moderate 2,405 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate September (77) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #244 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,367 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 | 13 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 86 mm | 2 |
| February | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 117 mm | 3 |
| March | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 131 mm | 5 |
| April | 67 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 142 mm | 7 |
| May | 65 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 150 mm | 7 |
| June | 76 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 94 mm | 9 |
| July | 53 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 95 mm | 9 |
| August | 51 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 107 mm | 8 |
| September | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 88 mm | 7 |
| October | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 117 mm | 5 |
| November | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 105 mm | 3 |
| December | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 135 mm | 2 |
See Little Rock on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Memphis United States · 208 km · best in Sep · 2,429 h sun/yr
- Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers United States · 256 km · best in Sep · 2,506 h sun/yr
- Shreveport United States · 294 km · best in Sep · 2,443 h sun/yr
- Springfield United States · 299 km · best in Sep · 2,465 h sun/yr
- Jackson (Mississippi) United States · 335 km · best in Sep · 2,526 h sun/yr
- Tulsa United States · 370 km · best in Sep · 2,549 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hot Springs United States · 85 km · 2,390 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- El Dorado United States · 176 km · 2,430 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Jonesboro United States · 188 km · 2,461 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Harrison United States · 190 km · 2,469 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Fort Smith United States · 207 km · 2,470 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Little Rock compares month by month: Little Rock vs Memphis · Little Rock vs Shreveport · Little Rock vs Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers · all comparisons
Put the Little Rock sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Little Rock's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: