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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to
California
Yosemite Park, in
the Central California, 190 miles / 300 Kms east San Francisco,
is one of the world's great natural spectacles. Yosemite is best
known for the spectacularity of its waterfalls, but it also
offers magnificent valleys with ancient giant sequoias, cedar
and oaks and an interesting wildlife.
See:
Best time to visit & travel to Yosemite
When not to go to Yosemite
What to visit in Yosemite
Hotels and flights to Yosemite
Yosemite travel data
MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
WHAT TO VISIT IN YOSEMITE PARK
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Yosemite Valley is the great travel reference in
the Yosemite National Park.
All the three park roads end up in Yosemite Valley, and
most of the most popular places are around it: trails as the
Upper Yosemite Fall and the Mist Trail, or cliffs as
El Capitan and Half Dome, or places as the
Glacier Point where the visitors can enjoy the most
spectacular views...
Yosemite Village (well in the center of Yosemite Valley)
has a visitor center and is the the hub to the many tours in the
Yosemite Park.
BEST TIME TO
TRAVEL TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
The
most popular period to visit Yosemite Park is undoubtedly
Summer, when all the roads and facilities are open and tours are
offered daily.
Yosemite Valley - the most popular reference for travelers -
remain accessible by car all year, but the Tioga and Glacier
Point Roads remain closed due to snow from November till May (or
June, in some some years).
Winter is, due to road closures and to temperatures and ice, the
off-season.
An alternative to Summer period or
Winter closure of roads and freezing temperatures, is the the
period between mid-April and May, or the period between early
September and mid-October, when there is less crowds and the
weather is usually agreeable.
WHEN NOT
TO GO TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Summer is a busy period, but if you go to Yosemite out of
weekends and holidays (the 4th of July is a particularly crowded
holiday), you won't get big lines and delays.
Anyway, if you want to avoid crowds and higher accommodation
prices, then you should avoid Summer. In these case, late Spring
and early Autumn are good optional bets.
Unless you are an enthusiast of snow, avoid also the Winter
and early Spring. Heavy
snows will cause road closures in the more wilderness areas.
YOSEMITE
Weather
Data
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YOSEMITE PARK - CALIFORNIA |
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Temperature Fahrenheit |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
48 |
51 |
59 |
67 |
74 |
80 |
90 |
90 |
84 |
70 |
58 |
47 |
68,2 |
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Low (average) |
27 |
28 |
32 |
37 |
43 |
47 |
55 |
52 |
48 |
40 |
31 |
28 |
39 |
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Average |
38 |
40 |
46 |
52 |
59 |
64 |
73 |
71 |
66 |
55 |
45 |
38 |
53,6 |
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Temperature Celsius |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
9 |
11 |
15 |
19 |
23 |
27 |
32 |
32 |
29 |
21 |
14 |
8 |
20 |
|
Low (average) |
-3 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
11 |
9 |
4 |
-1 |
-2 |
4 |
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Average |
3 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
15 |
18 |
23 |
22 |
19 |
13 |
7 |
3 |
12 |
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Humidity |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Humidity and discomfort |
Low or medium (July to September) |
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Precipitation |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
11 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
5,92 |
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Snow |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Snow in inches |
16 |
14 |
15 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
15 |
6 |
|
Snow in mm |
406 |
356 |
381 |
203 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
102 |
381 |
152 |
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cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or
too snow |
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HOTELS, TOURS AND FLIGHTS TO YOSEMITE
Yosemite Park offers its own lodging
and accommodation, but you should book rooms early and prices
are relatively high. So, consider accommodation in motels around
the park entrances. To
search accommodation (or tours and flights online), you may use
the boxes below:
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