|
WASHINGTON DC
Best Time to Go & Visit & Travel to Washington DC
Washington is history, expressed in thousands of memorials,
monuments and museums. But Washington is also American modern
life, expressed in actual politics, amusement, nightlife, clubs,
bars. Districts as Georgetown are well representative of these
last features.
See:
Best time to visit Washington
When not to go to Washington
Washington Weather Table
MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
WHAT TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON?
Most of historical and modern Washington stands on the Northeast
side of Potomac river, in a space that comprises:
The Constitution Gardens
Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
FDR Memorial
Washington Monument
Kennedy Center
Department of State
Old downtown and Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
The Mall
The White House
Convention Center
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of American History
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American Indian
Hirshhorn Museum
Georgetown, Dupont Circle Adams-Morgan districts
Districts representing modern Washington, with interesting
bar, nightlife and entertainment possibilities.
BEST TIME
TO TRAVEL AND VISIT
WASHINGTON
Washington
weather may be
particularly hot and uncomfortable in summer, and particularly
cold and disagreeable in winter or even in early spring. It's a very changeable
weather, with moderate precipitation all over the year (snow is
concentrated in winter months).
If we only consider the weather issue, then the best time to
visit Washington is undoubtedly mid and late spring - May, June – or
late-summer and
autumn.
Autumn, in terms of weather, is perhaps the best period.
But… there are, of course, other issues when equating a visit to
Washington.
If
hotels prices is an important feature, and you want to bet on
accommodation deals, then the summer months
(during the vacations of Congress)
are the best period (you
can tour the museums, or monuments, or political buildings or
shopping, without big crowds).
WHEN NOT TO GO AND VISIT
WASHINGTON
For many people
Washington's summer should be avoided. Humidity and high
temperatures may turn July and August very uncomfortable months.
For other people, winter is also a period to avoid, due to the
possibility of snow or bitterly cold weather.
Spring has also a negative side: it's a season with big throngs,
and accommodation – namely in the Cherry Blossom period - tend
to be more expensive then in other seasons.
For details about Washington weather, see table below.
Washington DC Table Weather
|
WASHINGTON DC |
|
Temperature Fahrenheit |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
41 |
45 |
53 |
65 |
75 |
83 |
86 |
86 |
80 |
67 |
56 |
42 |
64,9 |
|
Low (average) |
22 |
24 |
30 |
42 |
51 |
60 |
64 |
63 |
55 |
44 |
33 |
26 |
42,8 |
|
Average |
32 |
35 |
42 |
54 |
63 |
72 |
75 |
75 |
68 |
56 |
45 |
34 |
53,9 |
|
Temperature Celsius |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
High (average) |
5 |
7 |
12 |
18 |
24 |
28 |
30 |
30 |
27 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
18 |
|
Low (average) |
-6 |
-4 |
-1 |
6 |
11 |
16 |
18 |
17 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
-3 |
6 |
|
Average |
0 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
20 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
|
Humidity |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Humidity and discomfort |
High in mid-June to August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Precipitation |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Number of wet days |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
9,17 |
|
Snow |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
|
Snow in inches |
5 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
1,83 |
|
Snow in mm |
127 |
178 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
127 |
47 |
|
Red: Too
cold, too hot, too humid, too little sun, too rain or
too snow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SEARCHING
WASHINGTON DC
TOURS?
Just click the
Search button in the Search box below
SEARCHING
FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON?
Just
click the Search button in the Search box below
SEARCHING HOTELS TO YOUR VISIT TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE?
Just
click the Search button in the Search box below
Back to top Washington Best Time to Travel to
Return to Travel Best Time
Visit Home
|
