Climate and average weather in Statesboro

In Statesboro, the summers are muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: late February to early May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Statesboro typically varies from 39°F to 92°F, and is rarely below 25°F or above 98°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 Statesboro for warm-weather activities are from late February to early May and late September to early December.

Hottest
Jul
92°
Coldest
Jan
39°
Wettest
Aug
4.6 in
Driest
Nov
2.5 in
Rain / yr
41.4 in
123 wet days
Daylight
9.9–14.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
253 ft
32.4°N
Clearest
Oct
47% cloud

Statesboro is county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States.

Density
781/km²
people per km²
Founded
1803

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

Statesboro 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 February to early May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Statesboro, 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 84°F. The hottest month of the year in Statesboro is July, with an average high of 92°F and low of 74°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 27 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below 66°F. The coldest month of the year in Statesboro is January, with an average low of 39°F and high of 60°F.

Days typically run about 20°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 23°F) in April.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6039
Feb6442
Mar7148
Apr7855
May8464
Jun8971
Jul9274
Aug9173
Sep8668
Oct7857
Nov6947
Dec6242

How hot and cold Statesboro 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, Statesboro feels like about 99°F (around July 23). About 102 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan60603439
Feb64643742
Mar71714548
Apr78785555
May85846464
Jun93897171
Jul99927474
Aug97917373
Sep89866868
Oct78785757
Nov69694347
Dec62623742

Average hourly temperature in Statesboro

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 92°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 39°F.

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

Statesboro 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
Jan60° / 39°3.38.610.15.0
Feb64° / 42°3.38.210.85.8
Mar71° / 48°3.48.811.86.9
Apr78° / 55°3.1812.87.1
May84° / 64°2.79.113.65.7
Jun89° / 71°4.414.814.13.7
Jul92° / 74°4.616.513.92.8
Aug91° / 73°4.616.913.23.1
Sep86° / 68°3.310.412.24.9
Oct78° / 57°3.06.611.27.4
Nov69° / 47°2.56.510.37.1
Dec62° / 42°3.38.29.95.6

Chance of rain

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

Statesboro gets about 41.4 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 3.8 months, from around May 24 to Sep 15, peaking in August at about 57% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 26.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 4.6 in over about 17 wet days; November is the driest, with 2.5 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 3 · 57%Oct 26 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan279
Feb308
Mar289
Apr278
May309
Jun4815
Jul5417
Aug5417
Sep3410
Oct227
Nov217
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Statesboro collects about 41.4 in of rain across 123 wet days — roughly 3.5 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 4.6 in, while November is the driest at just 2.5 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.33.33.43.12.74.44.64.63.33.02.53.3
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.39
Feb3.38
Mar3.49
Apr3.18
May2.79
Jun4.415
Jul4.617
Aug4.617
Sep3.310
Oct3.07
Nov2.57
Dec3.38

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Statesboro, 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 September 2 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around December 2. 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 June 22 and lasts for 2.4 months, ending around September 1. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 53% 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 25 · 61%Jul 30 · 45%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb4753
Mar5248
Apr5743
May5941
Jun5347
Jul4852
Aug4951
Sep5644
Oct5941
Nov5842
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 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.17:345:39
Feb10.87:176:06
Mar11.86:446:29
Apr12.86:036:51
May13.65:347:13
Jun14.15:247:31
Jul13.95:357:31
Aug13.25:557:07
Sep12.26:166:27
Oct11.26:375:48
Nov10.37:035:22
Dec9.97:275:20

Sunny days

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

Statesboro averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.3 months, from around Sep 17 to Dec 25. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 7 sunny days — about 50% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 2614 daysJul 296 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep11Mixed
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 Statesboro, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around May 9 to October 13. 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 14 to May 8, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 96% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 24 · 98%Jul 15 · 1%comfortableoppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan8974100
Feb8794000
Mar77148000
Apr582116500
May2520242560
Jun261535420
Jul01524663
Aug02621665
Sep891732330
Oct4118181860
Nov74128510
Dec82115200

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

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Nov 5 to May 12. The windiest month is March, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 13 to Nov 4, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 6 · 8 mphAug 13 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Statesboro

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Statesboro 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 Statesboro for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to early May and again from late September to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 26 · 7.8

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
Jan5.0fair
Feb5.8good
Mar6.9good
Apr7.1good
May5.6good
Jun3.7fair
Jul2.9poor
Aug3.2poor
Sep4.9fair
Oct7.3good
Nov7.1good
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 Statesboro for hot-weather activities run from early April to mid June and again from late August to late October, 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 Statesboro, 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 92°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 60°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Statesboro sees daytime highs around 92°F and nights near 74°F. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Statesboro 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 Statesboro peaks around June 23 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 highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Statesboro

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 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)
Jan30
Feb50
Mar62.5
Apr6.53
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.55
Sep6.53.5
Oct5.50
Nov40
Dec0.50

Air quality in Statesboro 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 Statesboro is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 1821 µg/m³Nov 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

Statesboro is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 4 to November 22 (264 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 490%Nov 2290%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan7531
Feb8427
Mar950
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov925
Dec8131

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. Statesboro banks about 6,146 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb79
Mar286
Apr498
May744
Jun896
Jul1,019
Aug985
Sep811
Oct546
Nov230
Dec52

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.

Statesboro receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 12 to Sep 19. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 59% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 116.3 kWhDec 222.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.9Moderate
Feb3.5Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun6.1Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct4.0Moderate
Nov3.1Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Statesboro?

Statesboro sits at 32.4°N, 81.8°W, 253 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Pooler, 39 mi away.

Topography around Statesboro

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Statesboro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 ft around an average of 233 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 ft.

The land around Statesboro is covered by trees (61%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 2 miles, trees (64%) within 10 miles, and trees (79%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
171 ft
10 miles
276 ft
50 miles
466 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Pooler 39 mi · Hinesville 43 mi · Savannah 47 mi · Bluffton 56 mi · Wilmington Island 57 mi · Hilton Head 62 mi · Hilton Head Island 63 mi · Dublin 66 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 Statesboro (32.4488°, -81.7832°, elevation 253 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).