Climate and average weather in Upland

In Upland, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early April to mid July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Upland typically varies from 44°F to 87°F, and is rarely below 37°F or above 95°F. August is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Upland for warm-weather activities are from early April to mid July and mid September to late November.

Hottest
Aug
87°
Coldest
Dec
44°
Wettest
Feb
4.0 in
Driest
Aug
0.0 in
Rain / yr
16.1 in
37 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,237 ft
34.1°N
Clearest
Aug
11% cloud

Upland is city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Density
1,885/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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

Upland 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 April to mid July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 22 to October 3, with daily high temperatures above 81°F. The hottest month of the year in Upland is August, with an average high of 87°F and low of 65°F.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 26 to March 27, with daily high temperatures below 67°F. The coldest month of the year in Upland is December, with an average low of 44°F and high of 62°F.

Days typically run about 20°F warmer than nights year-round.

40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6344
Feb6346
Mar6648
Apr7051
May7455
Jun7959
Jul8564
Aug8765
Sep8463
Oct7857
Nov6949
Dec6244

Average hourly temperature in Upland

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 August afternoons, near 87°F, and coldest before dawn in December, near 44°F.

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

Upland 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
Jan63° / 44°3.65.9106.2
Feb63° / 46°4.06.610.76.2
Mar66° / 48°2.46.311.76.8
Apr70° / 51°1.03.712.87.8
May74° / 55°0.42.213.78.6
Jun79° / 59°0.10.314.28.9
Jul85° / 64°0.10.5147.1
Aug87° / 65°0.00.213.36.5
Sep84° / 63°0.20.912.27.4
Oct78° / 57°0.72.611.18.7
Nov69° / 49°1.02.810.28.0
Dec62° / 44°2.55.39.86.3

Chance of rain

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

Upland gets about 16.1 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.1 months, from around Nov 23 to Apr 25, peaking in February at about 27% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 15.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 4.0 in over about 7 wet days; August is the driest, with 0.0 in.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetFeb 24 · 27%Aug 15 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan196
Feb237
Mar206
Apr124
May72
Jun10
Jul21
Aug10
Sep31
Oct83
Nov93
Dec175

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Upland collects about 16.1 in of rain across 37 wet days — roughly 1.3 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 4.0 in, while August is the driest at just 0.0 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 63% of the year’s total.

00.511.522.533.544.55JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.64.02.41.00.40.10.10.00.20.71.02.5
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.66
Feb4.07
Mar2.46
Apr1.04
May0.42
Jun0.10
Jul0.11
Aug0.00
Sep0.21
Oct0.73
Nov1.03
Dec2.55

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Upland, 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 May 19 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 7. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 8 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 18. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 45% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 19 · 96%Feb 25 · 52%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5941
Feb5545
Mar6040
Apr6931
May7624
Jun8911
Jul928
Aug955
Sep937
Oct8515
Nov7426
Dec6436

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 15, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, 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)
Jan10.07:014:59
Feb10.76:435:27
Mar11.76:085:52
Apr12.85:256:16
May13.74:546:40
Jun14.24:436:59
Jul14.04:546:58
Aug13.35:166:33
Sep12.25:395:51
Oct11.16:025:10
Nov10.26:304:42
Dec9.86:554:39

Sunny days

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

Upland averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around May 23 to Nov 8. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 13 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the August peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1728 daysFeb 2512 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr17Bright
May20Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul27Brilliant
Aug28Brilliant
Sep26Brilliant
Oct23Bright
Nov19Bright
Dec16Bright

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 Upland, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 22 to September 27. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 29% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 28 to June 21, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 31 · 100%Jul 29 · 62%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar99100
Apr97300
May831700
Jun514350
Jul1852263
Aug2046303
Sep4142152
Oct801820
Nov98200
Dec100000

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.

Wind in Upland is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 mphcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMay 21 · 4 mphSep 16 · 3 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan3calm
Feb3calm
Mar3calm
Apr4calm
May4calm
Jun4calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec3calm

Best time to visit Upland

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Upland 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 Upland for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to mid July and again from mid September to late November, with a peak score in the first week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 5 · 9.1

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
Jan6.3good
Feb6.2good
Mar6.8good
Apr7.8ideal
May8.6ideal
Jun8.8ideal
Jul7.2good
Aug6.5good
Sep7.4good
Oct8.6ideal
Nov8.0ideal
Dec6.3good

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 Upland for hot-weather activities is from late May to late October, with a peak score in the first week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 6 · 9.3

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 Upland, 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 August (highs near 87°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 62°F), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Upland sees daytime highs around 87°F and nights near 65°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Upland

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 35 mi away) is warmest in August at about 69°F and coldest in February near 59°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 13 to Sep 28 — about 2.6 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°65°70°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan59Cool
Feb59Cool
Mar59Cool
Apr60Cool
May63Cool
Jun65Cool
Jul68Refreshing
Aug69Refreshing
Sep69Refreshing
Oct67Cool
Nov64Cool
Dec60Cool

UV index (midday) in Upland 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 Upland peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 11Dec 16UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Upland

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)
Jan2.50
Feb40
Mar50
Apr73.5
May7.54.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep73.5
Oct50
Nov2.50
Dec00

Air quality in Upland 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 Upland is worst in September — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (May, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1447 µg/m³May 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep49Poor
Oct21Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Upland 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
Jan1000
Feb1000
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. Upland banks about 4,945 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan110
Feb121
Mar214
Apr303
May440
Jun578
Jul758
Aug806
Sep705
Oct531
Nov281
Dec100

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.

Upland receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.9 and 8.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 28. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.9 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 268.2 kWhDec 162.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.1Moderate
Feb3.9Moderate
Mar5.3Bright
Apr6.6Intense
May7.3Intense
Jun8.1Intense
Jul7.9Intense
Aug7.4Intense
Sep6.2Intense
Oct4.7Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.0Moderate

Where is Upland?

Upland sits at 34.1°N, 117.6°W, 1,237 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Ontario, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Upland

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Upland has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 531 ft around an average of 1,253 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,291 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11,430 ft.

The land around Upland is covered by artificial surfaces (83%) within 2 miles, artificial surfaces (54%) and shrubs (20%) within 10 miles, and artificial surfaces (26%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
531 ft
10 miles
8,291 ft
50 miles
11,430 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Ontario 2.5 mi · Montclair 2.5 mi · Rancho Cucamonga 3.1 mi · Claremont 4.3 mi · Chino 6.2 mi · Pomona 6.8 mi · La Verne 6.8 mi · San Dimas 9.3 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 Upland (34.0975°, -117.6484°, elevation 1,237 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. 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).