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Arlington, VA vs Sacramento, CA weather comparison

Arlington

VA

Arlington picks up around 14 more inches of snow each winter.

Sacramento has around 71 fewer freezing nights a year. Sacramento sees rain or snow on roughly 61 fewer days each year.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Arlington, VA and Sacramento, CA
ArlingtonMetricSacramento
206 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies266 days
42 inPrecipitationper year24 in
119 daysWet daysrain or snow per year58 days
14 inSnowfallper year0 in
43 daysHot daysabove 90 °F86 days
79 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F8 days
69%Humidityaverage relative60%
58 °FAverage temperatureyear round63 °F

Monthly temperatures

Average daily high and low for each month, in °F. The gap between the two lines is what an ordinary day feels like across the year.

ArlingtonSacramento

Daily highs

406080JanMarMayJulSepNovArlington, Jan: 44 °FArlington, Feb: 47 °FArlington, Mar: 56 °FArlington, Apr: 68 °FArlington, May: 76 °FArlington, Jun: 85 °FArlington, Jul: 89 °FArlington, Aug: 87 °FArlington, Sep: 80 °FArlington, Oct: 69 °FArlington, Nov: 57 °FArlington, Dec: 48 °FSacramento, Jan: 56 °FSacramento, Feb: 62 °FSacramento, Mar: 67 °FSacramento, Apr: 73 °FSacramento, May: 81 °FSacramento, Jun: 89 °FSacramento, Jul: 94 °FSacramento, Aug: 93 °FSacramento, Sep: 89 °FSacramento, Oct: 79 °FSacramento, Nov: 65 °FSacramento, Dec: 56 °F

Daily lows

4060JanMarMayJulSepNovArlington, Jan: 28 °FArlington, Feb: 29 °FArlington, Mar: 36 °FArlington, Apr: 46 °FArlington, May: 56 °FArlington, Jun: 65 °FArlington, Jul: 70 °FArlington, Aug: 69 °FArlington, Sep: 62 °FArlington, Oct: 49 °FArlington, Nov: 39 °FArlington, Dec: 32 °FSacramento, Jan: 40 °FSacramento, Feb: 43 °FSacramento, Mar: 46 °FSacramento, Apr: 49 °FSacramento, May: 53 °FSacramento, Jun: 58 °FSacramento, Jul: 61 °FSacramento, Aug: 60 °FSacramento, Sep: 58 °FSacramento, Oct: 52 °FSacramento, Nov: 44 °FSacramento, Dec: 40 °F
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Monthly temperatures (°F)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arlington high444756687685898780695748
Sacramento high566267738189949389796556
Arlington low282936465665706962493932
Sacramento low404346495358616058524440

Monthly precipitation

Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.

ArlingtonSacramento
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovArlington, Jan: 3.1 inArlington, Feb: 2.9 inArlington, Mar: 3.9 inArlington, Apr: 3.4 inArlington, May: 3.8 inArlington, Jun: 3.5 inArlington, Jul: 4.1 inArlington, Aug: 3.5 inArlington, Sep: 4.3 inArlington, Oct: 3.4 inArlington, Nov: 2.9 inArlington, Dec: 3.5 inSacramento, Jan: 4.7 inSacramento, Feb: 4.4 inSacramento, Mar: 3.6 inSacramento, Apr: 1.6 inSacramento, May: 0.9 inSacramento, Jun: 0.2 inSacramento, Jul: 0.0 inSacramento, Aug: 0.1 inSacramento, Sep: 0.1 inSacramento, Oct: 1.2 inSacramento, Nov: 2.3 inSacramento, Dec: 4.4 in
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Monthly precipitation (inches)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arlington3.12.93.93.43.83.54.13.54.33.42.93.5
Sacramento4.74.43.61.60.90.20.00.10.11.22.34.4

Monthly sunny days

Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.

ArlingtonSacramento
0102030JanMarMayJulSepNovArlington, Jan: 16 daysArlington, Feb: 15 daysArlington, Mar: 16 daysArlington, Apr: 16 daysArlington, May: 16 daysArlington, Jun: 17 daysArlington, Jul: 19 daysArlington, Aug: 19 daysArlington, Sep: 18 daysArlington, Oct: 19 daysArlington, Nov: 18 daysArlington, Dec: 17 daysSacramento, Jan: 14 daysSacramento, Feb: 14 daysSacramento, Mar: 17 daysSacramento, Apr: 20 daysSacramento, May: 24 daysSacramento, Jun: 27 daysSacramento, Jul: 30 daysSacramento, Aug: 30 daysSacramento, Sep: 29 daysSacramento, Oct: 27 daysSacramento, Nov: 19 daysSacramento, Dec: 16 days
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Monthly sunny days (days)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arlington161516161617191918191817
Sacramento141417202427303029271916

Keep comparing

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About this data

Every figure on this page is a 30 year average computed from daily climate history for 1991-2020, using each city's own coordinates. Wet days count days with measurable precipitation, calibrated against the wet day counts in NOAA's published climate normals. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days, defined as average cloud cover of 63 percent or less and calibrated against NOAA's published sky cover tables. Snowfall figures are model estimates anchored to NOAA station measurements near each city.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).