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INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to
Indiana
Indianapolis is by far the Indiana’s major city (around 800,000
people). After a deeply redevelopment of its downtown area,
Indianapolis is nowadays an important tourist destination, no
more circumscribed to the big car races of Indianapolis 500
and NASCAR
Brickyard 400.
See:
Best time to travel to
Indianapolis, Indiana
When not to go to Indianapolis, Indiana
What to visit Indianapolis, Indiana
Hotels and flights to Indianapolis, Indiana
See also:
Best time to visit Indiana
WHAT TO VISIT IN INDIANAPOLIS
Downtown and nearby
Circle Center Shopping and Amusement Complex
Indianapolis Artsgarden
Several memorials to war veterans around Monument Circle
White River State Park and the White River
Gardens
Indianapolis Zoo (in the White River State Park)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway region
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Brickyard Crossing golf court
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
Museums
Indiana State Museum (downtown)
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
(located in the White River State Park)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
Nightlife
Downtown, around Massachusetts Avenue
Broad Ripple Village
Events
Indianapolis 500 (last Sunday of May)
NASCAR Brickyard 400 (Summer)
See:
Map of Indiana State
BEST TIME TO
VISIT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Fall is considered by Indianapolis
residents as the best time of the the year. Humidity is usually
much lower than in the summer months, and weather tends to be
sunny and temperatures agreeable.
Summer is, anyway, the most popular season in
Indianapolis region.
If you want to privilege the city animation,
then Summer is the season (in spite of
the often very high humidity and
high temperatures).
Indianapolis winters are often bitterly cold, though not
necessarily: there are some relatively mild winters, when
tropical air coming from South reaches the region (similarly,
some few summers can be relatively cool due to the influence of
polar air, or unusually warm due to the air of Gulf of Mexico
origin).
Spring is a transitional season, with very changeable weather:
the transition from cold to hot weather patterns produces often
thunderstorms and tornadoes (late May a very popular period due
to the Indianapolis 500).
WHEN NOT TO GO TO
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
You may want to avoid the winter
months, when temperatures can attain very low levels, and occasional
snowstorms strike Indiana.
If you want to bet in low
accommodation rates, then mid and late May isn't a good period
(due to the Indianapolis 500 and to car races fans crowds). Also July and August aren't the better
months (humidity and high temperatures may also turn
some days of July and August very uncomfortable). Accommodation
rates can double in the car races periods.
See the
Indianapolis Weather Data Map below, for details.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA Weather
Data
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INDIANAPOLIS - INDIANA |
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Temperature Fahrenheit |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
36 |
40 |
50 |
65 |
75 |
84 |
86 |
86 |
76 |
68 |
50 |
40 |
63 |
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Low (average) |
20 |
22 |
30 |
43 |
51 |
62 |
65 |
63 |
56 |
44 |
34 |
23 |
42,8 |
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Average |
28 |
31 |
40 |
54 |
63 |
73 |
76 |
75 |
66 |
56 |
42 |
32 |
52,9 |
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Temperature Celsius |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
2 |
4 |
10 |
18 |
24 |
29 |
30 |
30 |
24 |
20 |
10 |
4 |
17 |
|
Low (average) |
-7 |
-6 |
-1 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
-5 |
6 |
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Average |
-2 |
-1 |
4 |
12 |
17 |
23 |
24 |
24 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
12 |
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Humidity |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Humidity and discomfort |
High from mid June through August |
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Precipitation |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
10,1 |
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Snow |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Snow in inches |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1,67 |
|
Snow in mm |
102 |
102 |
102 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
51 |
127 |
42 |
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cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or
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HOTELS AND FLIGHTS TO
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Indianapolis offers plenty of hotels, namely in the medium
and expensive categories. Book well ahead your hotel rooms if
you want accommodation in the races periods (the week of the
race and also the two weeks before them).
Indianapolis International Airport is 12 miles west of downtown.
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