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New Orleans in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in New Orleans is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.August in New Orleans is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 62% of days
Daylight
13h 11mon average

Is August a good time to visit New Orleans?

August sits outside New Orleans's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in August, against 65°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

62% of days in August, against 26% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in August, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

13h 11m in August, against 10h 15m to 14h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July91°33°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September88°31°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where New Orleans sits, in August

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:27 AMsets 7:43 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston510 km west

The land around New Orleans, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in New Orleans

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Orleans. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.