Yakima weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Yakima is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and September close behind. Yakima averages about 2,597 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,597
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 514 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 94k
- Elevation
- 325 m
When is the best time to visit Yakima?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yakima is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 78 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yakima?
Yakima gets a lot of sun: around 2,597 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #171 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 December, carries about 46% of the annual 514 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 78 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 51 mm | 2 |
| March | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| April | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 36 mm | 4 |
| May | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 35 mm | 6 |
| June | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 22 mm | 7 |
| July | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| August | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| September | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 17 mm | 5 |
| October | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 47 mm | 3 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 90 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Pasco United States · 114 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
- Seattle United States · 166 km · best in Jul · 1,896 h sun/yr
- Portland United States · 192 km · best in Jul · 2,058 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 256 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Redmond United States · 262 km · best in Jul · 2,712 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 289 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wenatchee United States · 96 km · 2,301 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pendleton United States · 163 km · 2,696 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tacoma United States · 173 km · 1,895 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Walla Walla United States · 181 km · 2,744 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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