Salisbury weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Salisbury is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June and September close behind. Salisbury averages about 2,368 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 96 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,368
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 1,176 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈60 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 13 m
When is the best time to visit Salisbury?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salisbury is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 75 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salisbury?
Salisbury gets a moderate 2,368 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate May (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #255 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,176 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 | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 75 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 75 mm | 3 |
| March | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 91 mm | 4 |
| April | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 91 mm | 5 |
| May | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 96 mm | 6 |
| June | 73 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 107 mm | 7 |
| July | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 118 mm | 8 |
| August | 71 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 121 mm | 7 |
| September | 73 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 107 mm | 6 |
| October | 72 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 111 mm | 4 |
| November | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 83 mm | 2 |
| December | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 101 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Baltimore United States · 137 km · best in Oct · 2,241 h sun/yr
- Atlantic City United States · 148 km · best in Sep · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Newport News United States · 160 km · best in May · 2,431 h sun/yr
- Norfolk United States · 172 km · best in May · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Philadelphia United States · 172 km · best in May · 2,267 h sun/yr
- Washington United States · 182 km · best in Aug · 2,293 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ocean City United States · 34 km · 2,368 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Dover United States · 88 km · 2,266 h sun/yr · best in May
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