Reno weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Reno is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with September and June close behind. Reno averages about 3,499 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in August.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,499
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 534 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 329k
- Elevation
- 1,340 m
When is the best time to visit Reno?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Reno is August, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 74 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Reno?
Reno is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,499 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #37 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 49% of the annual 534 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 74 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 82 mm | 3 |
| March | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| April | 54 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 44 mm | 7 |
| May | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| June | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 11 mm | 10 |
| July | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 7 mm | 10 |
| August | 99 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| September | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 8 mm | 7 |
| October | 86 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 34 mm | 5 |
| November | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 103 mm | 1 |
See Reno on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Sacramento United States · 181 km · best in Jun · 3,401 h sun/yr
- Santa Rosa United States · 285 km · best in Jul · 3,311 h sun/yr
- Fresno United States · 303 km · best in May · 3,516 h sun/yr
- San Francisco United States · 308 km · best in Sep · 2,879 h sun/yr
- Monterey United States · 371 km · best in Aug · 3,366 h sun/yr
- Medford United States · 413 km · best in Jul · 2,894 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Truckee United States · 38 km · 3,395 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Stockton United States · 219 km · 3,452 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mammoth Lakes United States · 223 km · 3,564 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Redding United States · 243 km · 3,250 h sun/yr · best in May
- Merced United States · 255 km · 3,486 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Reno compares month by month: Reno vs Sacramento · Reno vs Fresno · Reno vs Santa Rosa · all comparisons
Put the Reno sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Reno'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: