Climate and average weather in Leesburg

In Leesburg, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: mid October to late April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Leesburg typically varies from 49°F to 90°F, and is rarely below 35°F or above 95°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Leesburg for warm-weather activities is from mid October to late April.

Hottest
Jul
90°
Coldest
Jan
49°
Wettest
Aug
6.2 in
Driest
Nov
1.4 in
Rain / yr
39.5 in
132 wet days
Daylight
10.2–13.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
95 ft
28.8°N
Clearest
Apr
48% cloud

Leesburg is city in Lake County, Florida, United States.

Density
203/km²
people per km²
Founded
1857

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

Leesburg 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 October to late April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 5.2 months, from May 2 to October 7, with daily high temperatures above 85°F. The hottest month of the year in Leesburg is July, with an average high of 90°F and low of 75°F.

The cool season lasts 2.5 months, from December 5 to February 19, with daily high temperatures below 73°F. The coldest month of the year in Leesburg is January, with an average low of 49°F and high of 69°F.

Days typically run about 18°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 21°F) in March.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6949
Feb7252
Mar7756
Apr8262
May8768
Jun8973
Jul9075
Aug9075
Sep8873
Oct8366
Nov7657
Dec7152

How hot and cold Leesburg 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, Leesburg feels like about 99°F (around August 13). About 134 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan69694649
Feb72725152
Mar77775656
Apr82826262
May88876868
Jun95897373
Jul98907575
Aug99907575
Sep94887373
Oct85836666
Nov76765757
Dec71715252

Average hourly temperature in Leesburg

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 July afternoons, near 90°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 49°F.

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

Leesburg 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
Jan69° / 49°2.36.510.47.1
Feb72° / 52°2.06.1117.3
Mar77° / 56°2.46.711.87.6
Apr82° / 62°2.36.812.76.8
May87° / 68°2.58.613.45.0
Jun89° / 73°5.31913.83.2
Jul90° / 75°5.821.713.72.8
Aug90° / 75°6.222.4132.8
Sep88° / 73°4.916.412.23.7
Oct83° / 66°2.2811.36.2
Nov76° / 57°1.44.710.67.8
Dec71° / 52°2.25.510.27.4

Chance of rain

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

Leesburg gets about 39.5 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.4 months, from around May 25 to Oct 6, peaking in August at about 74% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 14.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 6.2 in over about 22 wet days; November is the driest, with 1.4 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 3 · 74%Nov 14 · 15%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan207
Feb226
Mar227
Apr237
May299
Jun6119
Jul7122
Aug7122
Sep5416
Oct278
Nov165
Dec186

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Leesburg collects about 39.5 in of rain across 132 wet days — roughly 3.3 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 6.2 in, while November is the driest at just 1.4 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.32.02.42.32.55.35.86.24.92.21.42.2
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan2.37
Feb2.06
Mar2.47
Apr2.37
May2.59
Jun5.319
Jul5.822
Aug6.222
Sep4.916
Oct2.28
Nov1.45
Dec2.26

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around January 7 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around June 3. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 64% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 4 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around October 4. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 7 · 67%Aug 1 · 32%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5545
Feb5644
Mar5941
Apr6337
May6436
Jun4555
Jul3565
Aug3664
Sep4555
Oct5941
Nov6238
Dec5545

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 6, brings about 13 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.47:265:47
Feb11.07:136:11
Mar11.86:446:31
Apr12.76:076:48
May13.45:417:07
Jun13.85:337:23
Jul13.75:437:23
Aug13.06:007:03
Sep12.26:176:27
Oct11.36:345:51
Nov10.66:575:29
Dec10.27:195:29

Sunny days

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

Leesburg averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.8 months, from around Oct 7 to May 30. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 4 sunny days — about 68% fewer than the April peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightApr 2914 daysJul 314 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun7Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug5Gloomy
Sep8Gloomy
Oct12Mixed
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 Leesburg, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around May 4 to October 25. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 26 to May 3, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 80% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 22 · 83%Jun 16 · 0%miserablecomfortablemuggyoppressivehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan641615500
Feb581619600
Mar482122900
Apr3021272020
May8142637150
Jun01525663
Jul00068211
Aug00057520
Sep11320669
Oct13121825292
Nov3920201750
Dec5219191000

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 Leesburg is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.8 months, from around Sep 29 to May 22. The windiest month is March, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 23 to Sep 28, with July the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 5 · 7 mphJul 23 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Leesburg

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Leesburg sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Leesburg's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Leesburg

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Leesburg 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 time of year to visit Leesburg for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid October to late April, with a peak score in the third week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 19 · 8.0

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
Jan7.1good
Feb7.3good
Mar7.5ideal
Apr6.8good
May5.0fair
Jun3.3poor
Jul2.8poor
Aug2.8poor
Sep3.8fair
Oct6.2good
Nov7.8ideal
Dec7.4good

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 Leesburg for hot-weather activities run from early March to late May and again from late September to late November, with a peak score in the last week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 30 · 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 Leesburg, 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 July (highs near 90°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 69°F), pack a light layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Leesburg sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 75°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Leesburg 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 Leesburg peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 14UV 11Dec 20UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Leesburg

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)
Jan40
Feb5.51
Mar6.53.5
Apr7.54.5
May7.55
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct62.5
Nov50
Dec3.50

Air quality in Leesburg 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 Leesburg is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1619 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May12Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Leesburg is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan950
Feb980
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec970

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)

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. Leesburg banks about 8,114 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,0008,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan280
Feb329
Mar503
Apr652
May851
Jun941
Jul1,009
Aug1,007
Sep916
Oct762
Nov504
Dec362

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.

Leesburg receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 6 to Sep 13. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.0 kWh/m² — roughly 51% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 86.4 kWhDec 203.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.3Moderate
Feb4.0Bright
Mar5.1Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.3Intense
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.8Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct4.2Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.0Moderate

Where is Leesburg?

Leesburg sits at 28.8°N, 81.9°W, 95 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Tavares, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Leesburg

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Leesburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 ft around an average of 82 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 ft.

The land around Leesburg is covered by trees (44%) and water (29%) within 2 miles, trees (39%) and grassland (29%) within 10 miles, and trees (66%) and grassland (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
115 ft
10 miles
164 ft
50 miles
335 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Tavares 9.3 mi · The Villages 9.9 mi · Eustis 12 mi · Clermont 19 mi · Marion Oaks 23 mi · Apopka 24 mi · Winter Garden 24 mi · Ocoee 26 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 Leesburg (28.8108°, -81.8779°, elevation 95 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).