Truckee weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Truckee is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with August and September close behind. Truckee averages about 3,395 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,395
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 534 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 1,797 m
When is the best time to visit Truckee?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Truckee is July, then August and September. 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 Truckee?
Truckee is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,395 hours of sunshine a year. 98 Sunshine Score points separate July (98) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #44 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 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 74 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -5° / 23°F | 82 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| April | 30 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 44 mm | 7 |
| May | 78 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| June | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 8° / 46°F | 11 mm | 10 |
| July | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 7 mm | 11 |
| August | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 12° / 54°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| September | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 8 mm | 7 |
| October | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 34 mm | 5 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 103 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Reno United States · 38 km · best in Aug · 3,499 h sun/yr
- Sacramento United States · 143 km · best in Jun · 3,401 h sun/yr
- Santa Rosa United States · 248 km · best in Jul · 3,311 h sun/yr
- San Francisco United States · 271 km · best in Sep · 2,879 h sun/yr
- Fresno United States · 285 km · best in May · 3,516 h sun/yr
- Monterey United States · 338 km · best in Aug · 3,366 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Stockton United States · 185 km · 3,452 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mammoth Lakes United States · 220 km · 3,564 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Redding United States · 226 km · 3,250 h sun/yr · best in May
- Merced United States · 228 km · 3,486 h sun/yr · best in May
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