Muscle Shoals weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Muscle Shoals is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with September and October close behind. Muscle Shoals averages about 2,406 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 106 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,406
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,428 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈17 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 14k
- Elevation
- 162 m

When is the best time to visit Muscle Shoals?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Muscle Shoals is June, then September and October. The dullest month is January (12/100, 120 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Muscle Shoals?
Muscle Shoals gets a moderate 2,406 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate June (74) from January (12), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #243 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,428 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 | 12 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 120 mm | 2 |
| February | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 138 mm | 3 |
| March | 52 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 126 mm | 5 |
| April | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 129 mm | 7 |
| May | 70 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 123 mm | 7 |
| June | 74 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 106 mm | 8 |
| July | 71 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 121 mm | 8 |
| August | 66 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 108 mm | 8 |
| September | 74 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 102 mm | 7 |
| October | 74 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 102 mm | 5 |
| November | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 103 mm | 3 |
| December | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 150 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Huntsville United States · 78 km · best in Oct · 2,403 h sun/yr
- Birmingham (Alabama) United States · 154 km · best in Oct · 2,423 h sun/yr
- Nashville United States · 175 km · best in Sep · 2,269 h sun/yr
- Memphis United States · 218 km · best in Sep · 2,429 h sun/yr
- Chattanooga United States · 222 km · best in Oct · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Montgomery United States · 294 km · best in Oct · 2,509 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tupelo United States · 119 km · 2,414 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Columbus/W Point/Starkville United States · 170 km · 2,462 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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