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PITTSBURGH
- PENNSYLVANIA
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


The entrance of Pittsburgh is an exceptionally visiting-card. But it’s not just the entrance: Pittsburgh and its downtown district are a truly travel highlight in Pennsylvania and in the United States.

See:
Best time to visit & travel to Pittsburgh
When not to go to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Weather Table


PITTSBURGH'S MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Most of the interesting sites, buildings, art galleries, museums or sceneries of Pittsburgh are located in downtown, popularly known as the Golden Triangle: the space edging the confluence of Allegheny River and Monongahela River into the Ohio River.

Pittsburgh travel destinations map





WHAT TO VISIT IN PITTSBURGH?

Gothic churches, historic streets and restaurants, museums, art galleries, all framed by the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers and mingled with contemporary architecture buildings and landscapes - that's Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle...

Golden Triangle sites

  Point State Park and Fort Pitt Blockhouse
  The PPG complex building
  The Market Square
  The Mellon Arena
  Hein Pittsburgh History Center
  Convention Center
  The Andy Warhol Museum



BEST TIME TO VISIT PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh weather is very similar to that of New York and Philadelphia, but the number of wet days is higher. The weather is changeable, with high or moderate precipitation all over the year, and some heat waves in summer and cool weather in winter or even in the early spring. Snow is concentrated in winter months (it snows more in Pittsburgh than in Philadelphia).

Late-spring - May, June – or late-summer and early-fall – September, October are excellent months for visiting Pittsburgh.


WHEN NOT
TO GO TO PITTSBURGH

Avoid the winter months, when temperatures may attain low levels.

Humidity and high temperatures may turn some days of July and August uncomfortable, despite the moderating influence of the Lake Erie in Pittsburgh region.

See the Pittsburgh Weather Table, below, for details.


Pittsburgh Weather Table

PITTSBURGH - PENNSYLVANIA
Temperature Fahrenheit Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
High (average) 37 40 50 63 72 80 84 84 77 66 53 40 62,2
Low (average) 24 25 32 43 52 62 65 63 56 45 37 27 44,3
Average 31 33 41 53 62 71 75 74 67 56 45 34 53,2
Temperature Celsius Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
High (average) 3 4 10 17 22 27 29 29 25 19 12 4 17
Low (average) -4 -4 0 6 11 17 18 17 13 7 3 -3 7
Average -1 0 5 12 17 22 24 23 19 13 7 1 12
Humidity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Humidity and discomfort Red = High                    
Precipitation  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Number of wet days 15 14 14 14 12 12 11 9 8 10 12 14 12,1
Snow Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Snow in inches 7 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2,5
Snow in mm 178 178 152 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 152 64
Red: Too cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or too snow            



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