Prescott weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Prescott is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and October close behind. Prescott averages about 3,728 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,728
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 361 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈37 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 42k
- Elevation
- 1,518 m
When is the best time to visit Prescott?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Prescott is May, then April and October. The dullest month is December (16/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Prescott?
Prescott is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,728 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate May (99) from December (16), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 361 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 | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -2° / 28°F | 40 mm | 3 |
| February | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 41 mm | 5 |
| March | 71 | 17° / 63°F | 2° / 36°F | 27 mm | 7 |
| April | 98 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 12 mm | 9 |
| May | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| June | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| July | 81 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 54 mm | 11 |
| August | 90 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 54 mm | 10 |
| September | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 31 mm | 9 |
| October | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 25 mm | 6 |
| November | 63 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 27 mm | 4 |
| December | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 38 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
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- Mesa United States · 165 km · best in Apr · 3,778 h sun/yr
- Boulder City United States · 264 km · best in Apr · 3,837 h sun/yr
- Las Vegas United States · 294 km · best in Apr · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Tucson United States · 314 km · best in Apr · 3,726 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Flagstaff United States · 87 km · 3,666 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Lake Havasu City United States · 178 km · 3,866 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Show Low United States · 225 km · 3,694 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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