Climate and average weather in Bryan

In Bryan, the summers are muggy, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: mid February to early May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bryan typically varies from 42°F to 95°F, and is rarely below 29°F or above 102°F. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bryan for warm-weather activities are from mid February to early May and early October to early December.

Hottest
Aug
95°
Coldest
Jan
42°
Wettest
May
4.2 in
Driest
Jul
1.9 in
Rain / yr
40.0 in
101 wet days
Daylight
10.0–14.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
374 ft
30.7°N
Clearest
Oct
41% cloud

Bryan is city and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States.

Density
695/km²
people per km²
Founded
1872

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Bryan weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid February to early May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bryan, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from May 25 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 87°F. The hottest month of the year in Bryan is August, with an average high of 95°F and low of 76°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 26 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 67°F. The coldest month of the year in Bryan is January, with an average low of 42°F and high of 61°F.

Days typically run about 19°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6142
Feb6445
Mar7152
Apr7858
May8567
Jun9173
Jul9576
Aug9576
Sep9070
Oct8160
Nov7050
Dec6243

How hot and cold Bryan really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bryan feels like about 103°F (around August 7). About 121 days a year carry some heat stress, and 30 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 102°F), peaking in August.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan61613742
Feb64644145
Mar71715152
Apr78785858
May87856767
Jun97917373
Jul102957676
Aug102957676
Sep92907070
Oct81816060
Nov70704850
Dec62623943

Average hourly temperature in Bryan

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 95°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 42°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bryan weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan61° / 42°3.48.310.25.2
Feb64° / 45°3.08.910.95.9
Mar71° / 52°3.6911.86.8
Apr78° / 58°4.08.512.77.0
May85° / 67°4.21013.55.3
Jun91° / 73°3.31013.93.7
Jul95° / 76°1.9713.82.8
Aug95° / 76°2.57.213.12.6
Sep90° / 70°3.07.612.24.3
Oct81° / 60°4.07.711.26.9
Nov70° / 50°3.47.910.47.0
Dec62° / 43°3.88.710.15.6

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bryan gets about 40.0 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around Jan 14 to Jul 6, peaking in June at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 1.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 4.2 in over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 1.9 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 23 · 34%Aug 1 · 18%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan278
Feb319
Mar299
Apr299
May3210
Jun3310
Jul237
Aug237
Sep268
Oct258
Nov268
Dec289

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bryan collects about 40.0 in of rain across 101 wet days — roughly 3.3 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 4.2 in, while July is the driest at just 1.9 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.43.03.64.04.23.31.92.53.04.03.43.8
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.48
Feb3.09
Mar3.69
Apr4.09
May4.210
Jun3.310
Jul1.97
Aug2.57
Sep3.08
Oct4.08
Nov3.48
Dec3.89

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bryan, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 21 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around November 22. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 66% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 23 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around May 20. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 29 · 71%Mar 8 · 43%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4753
Feb4456
Mar4555
Apr5149
May5545
Jun6436
Jul6535
Aug6634
Sep6634
Oct6634
Nov5743
Dec4951

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 14 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 hours — a swing of roughly 4 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.27:285:41
Feb10.97:136:07
Mar11.86:426:28
Apr12.76:036:48
May13.55:357:08
Jun13.95:277:25
Jul13.85:377:25
Aug13.15:567:03
Sep12.26:146:25
Oct11.26:335:48
Nov10.46:585:23
Dec10.17:215:22

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bryan averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 18 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around Jun 3 to Nov 12. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is February, down near 10 sunny days — about 36% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 3018 daysFeb 2010 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun13Mixed
Jul14Mixed
Aug15Mixed
Sep15Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bryan, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around April 24 to October 8. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 9 to April 23, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 93% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 24 · 94%Jul 15 · 0%humidoppressivecomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan8586200
Feb77128300
Mar581717800
Apr3817212130
May1291840210
Jun12828565
Jul01430633
Aug13734532
Sep1291427352
Oct38171619100
Nov641412910
Dec8088300

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bryan is typically light breeze, near 8 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Oct 28 to May 26. The windiest month is April, averaging about 9 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 27 to Oct 27, with August the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 7 · 9 mphAug 31 · 6 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb9light breeze
Mar9light breeze
Apr9light breeze
May8light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov8light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Best time to visit Bryan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bryan throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Bryan is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bryan for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid February to early May and again from early October to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 29 · 7.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.2fair
Feb5.9good
Mar6.8good
Apr6.9good
May5.3fair
Jun3.7fair
Jul2.8poor
Aug2.7poor
Sep4.3fair
Oct6.8good
Nov7.0good
Dec5.6good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bryan for hot-weather activities run from early April to mid July and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the first week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 3 · 7.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bryan, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 95°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 61°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Bryan sees daytime highs around 95°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bryan by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bryan peaks around July 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 24UV 11Dec 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Bryan

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan3.50
Feb50
Mar62.5
Apr7.55
May85.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov4.50
Dec2.50

Air quality in Bryan by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bryan is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1520 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Bryan is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 14 to November 30 (290 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeFeb 1490%Nov 3090%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8331
Feb9010
Mar970
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov950
Dec8628

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bryan banks about 6,963 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan39
Feb138
Mar356
Apr547
May806
Jun964
Jul1,088
Aug1,098
Sep903
Oct632
Nov301
Dec89

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bryan receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.6 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 25 to Oct 3. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 216.6 kWhDec 162.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.9Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.6Intense
Aug6.1Intense
Sep5.1Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov3.1Moderate
Dec2.6Moderate

Where is Bryan?

Bryan sits at 30.7°N, 96.4°W, 374 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is College Station, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around Bryan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Bryan.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bryan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 ft around an average of 341 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 ft.

The land around Bryan is covered by trees (39%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 2 miles, grassland (47%) and trees (34%) within 10 miles, and grassland (53%) and trees (39%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
115 ft
10 miles
279 ft
50 miles
538 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: College Station 3.7 mi · Brenham 35 mi · Huntsville 49 mi · Conroe 60 mi · Taylor 62 mi · Cypress 63 mi · The Woodlands 63 mi · Temple 65 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bryan (30.6744°, -96.37°, elevation 374 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).