Climate and average weather in Vero Beach South

In Vero Beach South, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are warm and partly cloudy.

Best: late October to late April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Vero Beach South typically varies from 56°F to 89°F, and is rarely below 43°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 Vero Beach South for warm-weather activities is from late October to late April.

Hottest
Jul
89°
Coldest
Jan
56°
Wettest
Jun
7.2 in
Driest
Dec
1.4 in
Rain / yr
45.3 in
158 wet days
Daylight
10.3–13.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
23 ft
27.6°N
Clearest
Feb
52% cloud

Vero Beach South is census-designated place in Vero Beach, Florida, United States of America.

Density
820/km²
people per km²

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

Vero Beach South 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 October to late April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.9 months, from May 10 to October 5, with daily high temperatures above 85°F. The hottest month of the year in Vero Beach South is July, with an average high of 89°F and low of 76°F.

The cool season lasts 2.4 months, from December 7 to February 18, with daily high temperatures below 76°F. The coldest month of the year in Vero Beach South is January, with an average low of 56°F and high of 73°F.

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

40°50°60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan7356
Feb7558
Mar7862
Apr8266
May8671
Jun8875
Jul8976
Aug8977
Sep8776
Oct8471
Nov7865
Dec7460

How hot and cold Vero Beach South 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, Vero Beach South feels like about 100°F (around August 18). About 138 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

50°60°70°80°90°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan73735656
Feb75755858
Mar78786262
Apr83826666
May88867171
Jun95887575
Jul98897676
Aug100897777
Sep96877576
Oct87847171
Nov78786565
Dec74746060

Average hourly temperature in Vero Beach South

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 56°F.

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

Vero Beach South 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
Jan73° / 56°1.96.410.47.4
Feb75° / 58°1.76.4117.5
Mar78° / 62°2.27.111.87.3
Apr82° / 66°2.37.712.66.5
May86° / 71°3.512.313.34.9
Jun88° / 75°7.221.913.73.1
Jul89° / 76°6.423.313.62.8
Aug89° / 77°7.125.4132.6
Sep87° / 76°6.32212.23.3
Oct84° / 71°3.812.811.35.4
Nov78° / 65°1.67.110.67.2
Dec74° / 60°1.45.410.37.6

Chance of rain

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

Vero Beach South gets about 45.3 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 4.8 months, from around May 20 to Oct 13, peaking in August at about 83% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 15.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 7.2 in over about 22 wet days; December is the driest, with 1.4 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 15 · 83%Dec 15 · 17%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan206
Feb226
Mar247
Apr278
May4012
Jun7122
Jul7623
Aug8225
Sep7222
Oct4213
Nov237
Dec185

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Vero Beach South collects about 45.3 in of rain across 158 wet days — roughly 3.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 7.2 in, while December is the driest at just 1.4 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.91.72.22.33.57.26.47.16.33.81.61.4
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan1.96
Feb1.76
Mar2.27
Apr2.38
May3.512
Jun7.222
Jul6.423
Aug7.125
Sep6.322
Oct3.813
Nov1.67
Dec1.45

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Vero Beach South, 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 January 7 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around May 31. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 1 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around October 7. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 66% 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 6 · 64%Aug 31 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb5743
Mar5743
Apr6040
May6040
Jun4060
Jul3565
Aug3466
Sep3664
Oct5446
Nov5842
Dec5149

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 5, brings about 13 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.47:185:44
Feb11.07:066:07
Mar11.86:376:25
Apr12.66:026:42
May13.35:376:59
Jun13.75:307:14
Jul13.65:407:15
Aug13.05:566:55
Sep12.26:116:21
Oct11.36:275:47
Nov10.66:495:25
Dec10.37:105:26

Sunny days

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

Vero Beach South averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.6 months, from around Oct 9 to May 26. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is September, down near 6 sunny days — about 46% fewer than the May peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedMay 412 daysSep 14 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr10Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun6Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug5Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec10Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around May 1 to November 1. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 2 to April 30, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 64% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 22 · 68%Jun 11 · 0%miserablemuggyhumidoppressivecomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan4717221310
Feb4218231700
Mar3420251910
Apr1719293050
May492038280
Jun00215767
Jul00027919
Aug00016039
Sep00186327
Oct481624427
Nov18202425130
Dec3415232250

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 Vero Beach South is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.5 months, from around Oct 5 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 Oct 4, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 8 · 8 mphAug 5 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8light breeze
Apr7light breeze
May7calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Vero Beach South

In seasonPeak

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

Vero Beach South sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Vero Beach South's rainy season runs May–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 Vero Beach South

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Vero Beach South 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 Vero Beach South for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to late April, with a peak score in the second week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 8 · 7.7

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
Jan7.4good
Feb7.5ideal
Mar7.3good
Apr6.5good
May4.8fair
Jun3.2poor
Jul2.7poor
Aug2.6poor
Sep3.3poor
Oct5.4fair
Nov7.2good
Dec7.6ideal

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 Vero Beach South for hot-weather activities run from early February to late May and again from early October to late December, with a peak score in the last week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 29 · 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 Vero Beach South, 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 73°F), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Vero Beach South sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 76°F. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Vero Beach South

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 17 mi away) is warmest in August at about 84°F and coldest in February near 73°F.

The water stays above 68°F all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

70°75°80°85°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan74Refreshing
Feb73Refreshing
Mar74Refreshing
Apr76Warm
May79Warm
Jun81Warm
Jul83Tropical
Aug84Tropical
Sep84Tropical
Oct82Warm
Nov79Warm
Dec76Warm

UV index (midday) in Vero Beach South 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 Vero Beach South peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 11Dec 18UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Vero Beach South

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)
Jan4.50
Feb62.5
Mar74.5
Apr74.5
May85.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep7.55
Oct63
Nov50
Dec40

Air quality in Vero Beach South 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 Vero Beach South is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1817 µg/m³Dec 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Vero Beach South 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
Dec1000

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. Vero Beach South banks about 9,082 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan445
Feb462
Mar617
Apr727
May883
Jun947
Jul1,019
Aug1,021
Sep941
Oct849
Nov642
Dec528

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.

Vero Beach South receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.1 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 8 to Sep 16. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 51% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 96.4 kWhDec 203.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.4Moderate
Feb4.2Bright
Mar5.2Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.4Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.2Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.9Bright
Oct4.2Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.1Moderate

Where is Vero Beach South?

Vero Beach South sits at 27.6°N, 80.4°W, 23 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Vero Beach, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Vero Beach South

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Vero Beach South has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 ft around an average of 26 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 ft.

The land around Vero Beach South is covered by trees (57%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 2 miles, grassland (33%), water (32%) and trees (23%) within 10 miles, and water (37%), grassland (31%) and trees (23%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
46 ft
10 miles
148 ft
50 miles
200 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Vero Beach 1.9 mi · Florida Ridge 3.1 mi · Fort Pierce 13 mi · Sebastian 14 mi · Port Saint Lucie 22 mi · Stuart 30 mi · Palm Bay 31 mi · Palm City 32 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 Vero Beach South (27.6164°, -80.4131°, elevation 23 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).