Lubbock weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Lubbock is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with April and October close behind. Lubbock averages about 3,326 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,326
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 489 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈28 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 249k
- Elevation
- 992 m
When is the best time to visit Lubbock?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lubbock is March, then April and October. The dullest month is January (32/100, 17 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lubbock?
Lubbock is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,326 hours of sunshine a year. 61 Sunshine Score points separate March (93) from January (32), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #46 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 489 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 | 32 | 12° / 54°F | -3° / 27°F | 17 mm | 3 |
| February | 48 | 14° / 57°F | -1° / 30°F | 17 mm | 5 |
| March | 93 | 20° / 68°F | 4° / 39°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| April | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 8° / 46°F | 32 mm | 9 |
| May | 88 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 60 mm | 10 |
| June | 70 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 62 mm | 11 |
| July | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 58 mm | 11 |
| August | 71 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 54 mm | 10 |
| September | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 69 mm | 8 |
| October | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 46 mm | 6 |
| November | 71 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 25 mm | 4 |
| December | 32 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 17 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Amarillo United States · 173 km · best in Apr · 3,307 h sun/yr
- Midland United States · 195 km · best in Mar · 3,443 h sun/yr
- Oklahoma City United States · 432 km · best in Sep · 2,776 h sun/yr
- Dallas-Fort Worth United States · 453 km · best in Sep · 2,734 h sun/yr
- Albuquerque United States · 465 km · best in May · 3,616 h sun/yr
- El Paso United States · 473 km · best in Apr · 3,775 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Clovis United States · 143 km · 3,568 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Hobbs United States · 169 km · 3,568 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Abilene United States · 243 km · 3,007 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Roswell United States · 254 km · 3,563 h sun/yr · best in Mar
Head-to-head
How Lubbock compares month by month: Lubbock vs Oklahoma City · Lubbock vs Amarillo · Lubbock vs Midland · all comparisons
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