Climate and average weather in South Fulton

In South Fulton, the summers are humid, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: mid March to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in South Fulton typically varies from 35°F to 88°F, and is rarely below 21°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 times of year to visit South Fulton for warm-weather activities are from mid March to late May and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
88°
Coldest
Jan
35°
Wettest
Feb
4.4 in
Driest
Oct
2.8 in
Rain / yr
45.2 in
125 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
797 ft
33.6°N
Clearest
Oct
47% cloud

South Fulton 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 March to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 14 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 80°F. The hottest month of the year in South Fulton is July, with an average high of 88°F and low of 71°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 28 to February 25, with daily high temperatures below 60°F. The coldest month of the year in South Fulton is January, with an average low of 35°F and high of 53°F.

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

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan5335
Feb5838
Mar6545
Apr7352
May8061
Jun8668
Jul8871
Aug8770
Sep8364
Oct7353
Nov6343
Dec5638

How hot and cold South Fulton 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, South Fulton feels like about 94°F (around July 21). About 66 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 28°F (around January 22), with roughly 58 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)
Jan53532935
Feb57583338
Mar65654145
Apr73735152
May80806161
Jun88866868
Jul93887171
Aug91877070
Sep84836464
Oct73735253
Nov63633943
Dec56563238

Average hourly temperature in South Fulton

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 88°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 35°F.

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

South Fulton 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
Jan53° / 35°4.2100.6103.2
Feb58° / 38°4.49.70.310.84.1
Mar65° / 45°4.410.20.111.75.9
Apr73° / 52°3.48.7012.87.0
May80° / 61°2.99.5013.76.5
Jun86° / 68°3.714.2014.24.5
Jul88° / 71°4.315.50143.8
Aug87° / 70°3.713.1013.24.2
Sep83° / 64°3.58.6012.26.2
Oct73° / 53°2.86.8011.27.4
Nov63° / 43°3.88010.36.0
Dec56° / 38°4.210.30.29.83.7

Chance of rain

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

South Fulton gets about 45.2 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 26 to Sep 1, peaking in July at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 15.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 4.4 in over about 10 wet days; October is the driest, with 2.8 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 4 · 52%Oct 15 · 22%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3310
Feb3410
Mar3210
Apr309
May3110
Jun4614
Jul5016
Aug4313
Sep289
Oct237
Nov268
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, South Fulton collects about 45.2 in of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 3.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 4.4 in, while October is the driest at just 2.8 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.24.44.43.42.93.74.33.73.52.83.84.2
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4.2101
Feb4.4100
Mar4.4100
Apr3.490
May2.9100
Jun3.7140
Jul4.3160
Aug3.7130
Sep3.590
Oct2.870
Nov3.880
Dec4.2100

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In South Fulton, 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 18 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around November 29. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 30 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around April 12. The cloudiest month is December, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 22 · 61%Jan 1 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4654
Feb4555
Mar4852
Apr5149
May5248
Jun5050
Jul4852
Aug4951
Sep5644
Oct5941
Nov5644
Dec4456

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 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:485:48
Feb10.87:316:16
Mar11.76:566:41
Apr12.86:147:04
May13.75:437:27
Jun14.25:327:45
Jul14.05:437:45
Aug13.26:057:21
Sep12.26:276:39
Oct11.26:495:58
Nov10.37:175:31
Dec9.87:415:28

Sunny days

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

South Fulton averages about 10 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 3.7 months, from around Sep 1 to Dec 22. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 7 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 2415 daysJul 287 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun8Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct14Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec11Mixed

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 South Fulton, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around May 10 to October 6. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 96% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 7 to May 9, 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 24 · 100%Jul 16 · 4%oppressivecomfortablehumiddrymuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan936100
Feb926200
Mar8412400
Apr66191420
May312226191
Jun512204122
Jul0493750
Aug15143841
Sep1516253113
Oct55191691
Nov849610
Dec916210

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 South Fulton is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Oct 25 to May 8. The windiest month is March, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 9 to Oct 24, with August the calmest month at about 4 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 5 · 7 mphAug 8 · 4 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit South Fulton

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, South Fulton 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 South Fulton for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid 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 14 · 7.6

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
Jan3.2poor
Feb4.1fair
Mar5.9good
Apr7.0good
May6.5good
Jun4.5fair
Jul3.8fair
Aug4.2fair
Sep6.2good
Oct7.4good
Nov6.0good
Dec3.7fair

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 South Fulton for hot-weather activities run from late April to late June and again from late July to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 12 · 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 South Fulton, 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 88°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 53°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, South Fulton sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 71°F. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in South Fulton 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 South Fulton peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 11UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in South Fulton

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 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)
Jan2.50
Feb4.50
Mar5.50
Apr73
May7.54.5
Jun85.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53.5
Oct50
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in South Fulton 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 South Fulton is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodJul 1620 µg/m³Jan 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May14Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

South Fulton is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 16 to November 8 (238 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 1690%Nov 890%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan6231
Feb7428
Mar9015
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov8620
Dec7131

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. South Fulton banks about 4,988 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
Feb3
Mar148
Apr372
May635
Jun812
Jul922
Aug894
Sep703
Oct409
Nov91
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.

South Fulton receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 22. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 61% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 176.1 kWhDec 232.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.1Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is South Fulton?

South Fulton sits at 33.6°N, 84.7°W, 797 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Union City, 7.5 mi away.

Topography around South Fulton

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around South Fulton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 ft around an average of 922 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,791 ft.

The land around South Fulton is covered by trees (89%) within 2 miles, trees (80%) within 10 miles, and trees (82%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
285 ft
10 miles
594 ft
50 miles
1,791 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Union City 7.5 mi · Douglasville 12 mi · Lithia Springs 14 mi · Peachtree City 14 mi · East Point 15 mi · Riverdale 15 mi · Fayetteville 16 mi · Newnan 16 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 South Fulton (33.5926°, -84.6729°, elevation 797 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).