Climate and average weather in Mauldin

In Mauldin, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late March to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mauldin typically varies from 34°F to 89°F, and is rarely below 22°F or above 96°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Mauldin for warm-weather activities are from late March to late May and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
89°
Coldest
Jan
34°
Wettest
Mar
4.6 in
Driest
Oct
3.1 in
Rain / yr
46.2 in
119 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
951 ft
34.8°N
Clearest
Oct
45% cloud

Mauldin is city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States.

Density
977/km²
people per km²
Founded
1820

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

Mauldin 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 late March to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Mauldin, 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 19 to September 21, with daily high temperatures above 80°F. The hottest month of the year in Mauldin is July, with an average high of 89°F and low of 71°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 26 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 59°F. The coldest month of the year in Mauldin is January, with an average low of 34°F and high of 52°F.

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

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan5234
Feb5636
Mar6342
Apr7251
May8060
Jun8668
Jul8971
Aug8770
Sep8264
Oct7252
Nov6241
Dec5436

How hot and cold Mauldin 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, Mauldin feels like about 94°F (around July 19). About 62 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 27°F (around January 22), with roughly 71 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F), worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan52522834
Feb56563136
Mar63633842
Apr72725051
May80806060
Jun88866868
Jul93897171
Aug91877070
Sep83826464
Oct72725152
Nov62623841
Dec54543136

Average hourly temperature in Mauldin

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 89°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 34°F.

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

Mauldin weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan52° / 34°4.29.819.92.8
Feb56° / 36°3.88.70.810.73.8
Mar63° / 42°4.610.20.311.75.7
Apr72° / 51°3.88.8012.86.9
May80° / 60°3.310013.86.6
Jun86° / 68°3.912.9014.34.6
Jul89° / 71°3.813.9014.13.7
Aug87° / 70°4.212.5013.34.3
Sep82° / 64°3.78.6012.26.3
Oct72° / 52°3.17011.17.3
Nov62° / 41°3.67.8010.25.7
Dec54° / 36°4.29.30.59.73.4

Chance of rain

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

Mauldin gets about 46.2 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 3.3 months, from around May 21 to Aug 28, peaking in July at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 21.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 4.6 in over about 10 wet days; October is the driest, with 3.1 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 24 · 47%Oct 21 · 22%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb329
Mar3210
Apr309
May3310
Jun4213
Jul4514
Aug4013
Sep289
Oct247
Nov258
Dec309

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Mauldin collects about 46.2 in of rain across 119 wet days — roughly 3.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 4.6 in, while October is the driest at just 3.1 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 28% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.23.84.63.83.33.93.84.23.73.13.64.2
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4.2101
Feb3.891
Mar4.6100
Apr3.890
May3.3100
Jun3.9130
Jul3.8140
Aug4.2130
Sep3.790
Oct3.170
Nov3.680
Dec4.291

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Mauldin, 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 August 26 and lasts for 3.3 months, ending around December 3. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around January 31 and lasts for 1.1 months, ending around March 5. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 52% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 24 · 63%Feb 19 · 45%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb4852
Mar5149
Apr5347
May5248
Jun5149
Jul4951
Aug5050
Sep5545
Oct6040
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 8, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.97:415:36
Feb10.77:236:05
Mar11.76:476:31
Apr12.86:036:56
May13.85:317:20
Jun14.35:207:39
Jul14.15:317:39
Aug13.35:547:13
Sep12.26:176:30
Oct11.16:415:48
Nov10.27:105:19
Dec9.77:355:16

Sunny days

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

Mauldin averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around Sep 10 to Feb 6. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 15 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 8 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 2315 daysJul 137 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun8Mixed
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov14Mixed
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 Mauldin, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around May 11 to October 6. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 94% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 7 to May 10, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 26 · 100%Jul 20 · 6%oppressivehumidcomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan963100
Feb963100
Mar918200
Apr7317910
May362225151
Jun812234215
Jul25144138
Aug26164036
Sep1816262911
Oct59181661
Nov887510
Dec944100

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 Mauldin is typically calm, near 5 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Nov 15 to May 19. The windiest month is April, averaging about 6 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 20 to Nov 14, with August the calmest month at about 4 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeApr 9 · 7 mphAug 10 · 4 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug4calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Mauldin

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late March, Mauldin is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Mauldin for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to late May and again from mid September to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 9 · 7.4

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
Jan2.9poor
Feb3.8fair
Mar5.7good
Apr6.9good
May6.5good
Jun4.6fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug4.4fair
Sep6.3good
Oct7.3good
Nov5.7good
Dec3.4poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Mauldin for hot-weather activities is from late April to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 9 · 7.2

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 Mauldin, 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 89°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 52°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Mauldin sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 71°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Mauldin 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 Mauldin peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 10UV 9Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Mauldin

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 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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)
Jan10
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr73
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul85.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.52.5
Oct50
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in Mauldin 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 Mauldin is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodJul 1718 µg/m³Jan 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar12Moderate
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

Mauldin is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 22 to November 5 (229 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 2290%Nov 590%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5731
Feb6828
Mar8621
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov8424
Dec6631

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. Mauldin banks about 4,793 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar94
Apr345
May608
Jun807
Jul939
Aug890
Sep681
Oct371
Nov58
Dec0

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.

Mauldin receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 62% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 246.3 kWhDec 222.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.1Intense
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.9Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Mauldin?

Mauldin sits at 34.8°N, 82.3°W, 951 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Simpsonville, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around Mauldin

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Mauldin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 ft around an average of 902 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 771 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,955 ft.

The land around Mauldin is covered by trees (60%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 10 miles, and trees (81%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
226 ft
10 miles
771 ft
50 miles
5,955 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Simpsonville 4.3 mi · Greenville 6.8 mi · Wade Hampton 8.7 mi · Taylors 9.9 mi · Greer 12 mi · Easley 17 mi · Spartanburg 24 mi · Anderson 27 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 Mauldin (34.7787°, -82.3101°, elevation 951 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).