Skip to content
WhenToTravel

City

Best Time to Visit Chicago

United States · 41.88, -87.63 · America/Chicago

Data source and period: 41.88, -87.63 · 180.72 m

September

84/100

Weather score

August

82/100

Weather score

June

79/100

Weather score

Weather score

Temperature

Rainfall

Rainy days

January

Temperature
-2.1°C
High / Low
0.1° / -4.4°
Rainfall
47.1 mm
Rainy days
7.7
Humidity
86%
Wind
24.4 km/h
Weather score
39/100

Highest style score: City 36/100

Explore destinations by month

February

Temperature
-1.3°C
High / Low
1.5° / -4.2°
Rainfall
55.6 mm
Rainy days
7.4
Humidity
83%
Wind
23.6 km/h
Weather score
41/100

Highest style score: City 39/100

Explore destinations by month

March

Temperature
2.8°C
High / Low
5.7° / 0.0°
Rainfall
81.4 mm
Rainy days
10.5
Humidity
81%
Wind
21.8 km/h
Weather score
45/100

Highest style score: City 45/100

Explore destinations by month

April

Temperature
7.0°C
High / Low
10.1° / 4.0°
Rainfall
90.2 mm
Rainy days
12.1
Humidity
80%
Wind
20.7 km/h
Weather score
53/100

Highest style score: City 53/100

Explore destinations by month

May

Temperature
12.5°C
High / Low
15.6° / 9.5°
Rainfall
108.5 mm
Rainy days
12.9
Humidity
81%
Wind
17.8 km/h
Weather score
63/100

Highest style score: City 63/100

Explore destinations by month

June

Temperature
19.2°C
High / Low
22.1° / 16.1°
Rainfall
101.0 mm
Rainy days
11.7
Humidity
80%
Wind
16.0 km/h
Weather score
79/100

Highest style score: City 73/100

Explore destinations by month

July

Temperature
22.9°C
High / Low
25.3° / 20.4°
Rainfall
111.5 mm
Rainy days
12.9
Humidity
79%
Wind
14.2 km/h
Weather score
78/100

Highest style score: City 71/100

Explore destinations by month

August

Temperature
23.0°C
High / Low
25.5° / 20.5°
Rainfall
86.4 mm
Rainy days
11.9
Humidity
75%
Wind
15.0 km/h
Weather score
82/100

Highest style score: City 77/100

Explore destinations by month

September

Temperature
20.1°C
High / Low
22.9° / 17.4°
Rainfall
76.1 mm
Rainy days
9.8
Humidity
75%
Wind
17.8 km/h
Weather score
84/100

Highest style score: City 80/100

Explore destinations by month

October

Temperature
13.5°C
High / Low
16.4° / 10.7°
Rainfall
109.9 mm
Rainy days
11.1
Humidity
75%
Wind
22.1 km/h
Weather score
69/100

Highest style score: City 70/100

Explore destinations by month

November

Temperature
6.2°C
High / Low
8.8° / 3.7°
Rainfall
50.1 mm
Rainy days
7.5
Humidity
79%
Wind
24.0 km/h
Weather score
58/100

Highest style score: City 60/100

Explore destinations by month

December

Temperature
0.9°C
High / Low
3.2° / -1.4°
Rainfall
50.6 mm
Rainy days
7.3
Humidity
84%
Wind
24.3 km/h
Weather score
43/100

Highest style score: City 45/100

Explore destinations by month

Monthly climate

Chicago
MonthTemperatureHighLowRainfallRainy daysHumidityWindWeather score
January-2.1°C0.1°C-4.4°C47.1 mm7.786%24.4 km/h39
February-1.3°C1.5°C-4.2°C55.6 mm7.483%23.6 km/h41
March2.8°C5.7°C0.0°C81.4 mm10.581%21.8 km/h45
April7.0°C10.1°C4.0°C90.2 mm12.180%20.7 km/h53
May12.5°C15.6°C9.5°C108.5 mm12.981%17.8 km/h63
June19.2°C22.1°C16.1°C101.0 mm11.780%16.0 km/h79
July22.9°C25.3°C20.4°C111.5 mm12.979%14.2 km/h78
August23.0°C25.5°C20.5°C86.4 mm11.975%15.0 km/h82
September20.1°C22.9°C17.4°C76.1 mm9.875%17.8 km/h84
October13.5°C16.4°C10.7°C109.9 mm11.175%22.1 km/h69
November6.2°C8.8°C3.7°C50.1 mm7.579%24.0 km/h58
December0.9°C3.2°C-1.4°C50.6 mm7.384%24.3 km/h43

Travel style

Beach

This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

August, July, September

City

Highest style score

September, August, June

Nature

This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

September, June, August

May, July, October / January, November, December. This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

Similar weather patterns in the same region

Packing notes from the climate statistics

N/A

    This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.

    Data source and period

    Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site.

    2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31 · MERRA-2 · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-20T10:20:43.669Z

    10

    Questions about this page

    Highest-scoring months
    September, August, June
    How the weather score works
    This is a weather-based suitability score. It does not measure price, safety, crowding, or visitor satisfaction.
    Data source and period
    Climate statistics are calculated by WhenToTravel from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project Daily API (MERRA-2 meteorology). NASA does not endorse this site. 2016-01-01 – 2025-12-31.