Climate and average weather in St. Johns

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

Best: early October to mid May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in St. Johns typically varies from 49°F to 88°F, and is rarely below 36°F or above 93°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 St. Johns for warm-weather activities is from early October to mid May.

Hottest
Jul
88°
Coldest
Jan
49°
Wettest
Aug
5.7 in
Driest
Nov
1.7 in
Rain / yr
40.5 in
136 wet days
Daylight
10.1–13.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
33 ft
30.1°N
Clearest
Apr
48% cloud

St. Johns is unincorporated community in St. Johns County, Florida, United States.

Founded
2005

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

St. Johns 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 early October to mid May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.6 months, from May 14 to September 29, with daily high temperatures above 82°F. The hottest month of the year in St. Johns is July, with an average high of 88°F and low of 76°F.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from December 2 to February 26, with daily high temperatures below 69°F. The coldest month of the year in St. Johns is January, with an average low of 49°F and high of 65°F.

Days typically run about 14°F warmer than nights year-round.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6549
Feb6752
Mar7256
Apr7762
May8369
Jun8674
Jul8876
Aug8776
Sep8474
Oct7967
Nov7258
Dec6753

How hot and cold St. Johns 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, St. Johns feels like about 98°F (around August 7). About 109 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan65654749
Feb67675152
Mar72725656
Apr77776262
May84836869
Jun92867474
Jul97887676
Aug97877676
Sep90847474
Oct80796767
Nov72725858
Dec67675353

Average hourly temperature in St. Johns

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 49°F.

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

St. Johns 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
Jan65° / 49°2.57.710.36.4
Feb67° / 52°2.56.910.96.6
Mar72° / 56°2.87.311.87.2
Apr77° / 62°2.16.712.77.5
May83° / 69°2.58.713.56.3
Jun86° / 74°5.017.613.94.0
Jul88° / 76°4.820.113.73.4
Aug87° / 76°5.721.213.13.4
Sep84° / 74°5.517.212.24.5
Oct79° / 67°3.29.811.36.8
Nov72° / 58°1.76.210.57.4
Dec67° / 53°2.26.710.16.7

Chance of rain

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

St. Johns gets about 40.5 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 4.5 months, from around May 26 to Oct 10, peaking in August at about 69% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 27.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 5.7 in over about 21 wet days; November is the driest, with 1.7 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 2 · 69%Nov 27 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan248
Feb257
Mar237
Apr237
May299
Jun5718
Jul6620
Aug6821
Sep5717
Oct3210
Nov206
Dec227

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, St. Johns collects about 40.5 in of rain across 136 wet days — roughly 3.4 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 5.7 in, while November is the driest at just 1.7 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2.52.52.82.12.55.04.85.75.53.21.72.2
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan2.58
Feb2.57
Mar2.87
Apr2.17
May2.59
Jun5.018
Jul4.820
Aug5.721
Sep5.517
Oct3.210
Nov1.76
Dec2.27

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In St. Johns, 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 February 14 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around June 3. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 63% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 4 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around October 8. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 59% 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 4 · 65%Aug 1 · 39%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4951
Feb5149
Mar5644
Apr6139
May6337
Jun4753
Jul4357
Aug4159
Sep4654
Oct5644
Nov5545
Dec5050

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 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.37:285:43
Feb10.97:136:08
Mar11.86:436:29
Apr12.76:056:48
May13.55:377:08
Jun13.95:297:24
Jul13.75:397:25
Aug13.15:577:03
Sep12.26:156:26
Oct11.36:335:49
Nov10.56:585:25
Dec10.17:205:25

Sunny days

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

St. Johns averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.8 months, from around Jan 6 to Jun 1. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is August, down near 6 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the April peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightApr 2814 daysAug 25 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun8Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep8Mixed
Oct12Mixed
Nov12Mixed
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 St. Johns, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around April 29 to October 26. 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 27 to April 28, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 84% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 26 · 88%Jun 24 · 0%miserablehumidcomfortablemuggyoppressivedrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan661812400
Feb622016300
Mar482422600
Apr2722272120
May7112339200
Jun01417736
Jul00027127
Aug00035938
Sep115156415
Oct13121928272
Nov3821221640
Dec531919900

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 St. Johns is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around Sep 20 to May 19. The windiest month is March, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 20 to Sep 19, with July the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyMar 5 · 8 mphJul 22 · 6 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep7calm
Oct8light breeze
Nov8light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Hazard calendar for St. Johns

In seasonPeak

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

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

St. Johns's rainy season runs June–October, 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 St. Johns

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid May, St. Johns 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 St. Johns for general outdoor tourist activities is from early October to mid May, with a peak score in the first week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 1 · 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
Jan6.4good
Feb6.6good
Mar7.3good
Apr7.5good
May6.3good
Jun4.1fair
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.5poor
Sep4.5fair
Oct6.8good
Nov7.4good
Dec6.7good

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 St. Johns for hot-weather activities run from late March to early June and again from late September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 10 · 7.4

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 St. Johns, 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 65°F), pack a light layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, St. Johns sees daytime highs around 88°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

Sea temperature near St. Johns

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 mi away) is warmest in August at about 82°F and coldest in February near 61°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 13 to Nov 28 — about 7.6 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan62Cool
Feb61Cool
Mar63Cool
Apr69Refreshing
May75Refreshing
Jun80Warm
Jul82Warm
Aug82Tropical
Sep82Warm
Oct78Warm
Nov70Refreshing
Dec65Cool

UV index (midday) in St. Johns 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 St. Johns peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in St. Johns

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 June 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
Feb5.50
Mar6.53
Apr73
May7.54.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct62
Nov4.50
Dec2.50

Air quality in St. Johns 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 St. Johns is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1618 µg/m³Dec 138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

St. Johns is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan970
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec990

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. St. Johns banks about 7,526 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)
Jan221
Feb264
Mar427
Apr582
May793
Jun905
Jul993
Aug984
Sep876
Oct715
Nov457
Dec307

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.

St. Johns receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.8 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 8 to Sep 13. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.9 kWh/m² — roughly 55% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 96.5 kWhDec 182.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.1Moderate
Feb3.9Moderate
Mar5.0Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.4Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov3.3Moderate
Dec2.8Moderate

Where is St. Johns?

St. Johns sits at 30.1°N, 81.5°W, 33 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Fruit Cove, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around St. Johns

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around St. Johns has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 ft around an average of 39 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 ft.

The land around St. Johns is covered by trees (65%) within 2 miles, trees (62%) within 10 miles, and trees (59%) and water (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
118 ft
10 miles
144 ft
50 miles
308 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Fruit Cove 6.2 mi · Fleming Island 11 mi · Palm Valley 12 mi · Lakeside 14 mi · Ponte Vedra Beach 15 mi · Jacksonville Beach 17 mi · Oakleaf Plantation 18 mi · Jacksonville 19 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 St. Johns (30.0815°, -81.5477°, elevation 33 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).