Sacramento sees rain or snow on roughly 35 fewer days each year.
Austin endures about 37 more days above 90 °F each year. Sacramento enjoys about 43 more sunny days a year than Austin.
The year at a glance
Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020
| Austin | Metric | Sacramento |
|---|---|---|
| 224 days | Sunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies | 266 days |
| 35 in | Precipitationper year | 24 in |
| 93 days | Wet daysrain or snow per year | 58 days |
| 0 in | Snowfallper year | 0 in |
| 122 days | Hot daysabove 90 °F | 86 days |
| 13 days | Freezing nightsat or below 32 °F | 8 days |
| 67% | Humidityaverage relative | 60% |
| 70 °F | Average temperatureyear round | 63 °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.
Daily highs
Daily lows
View monthly temperatures as a table
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin high | 62 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 96 | 98 | 91 | 82 | 71 | 64 |
| Sacramento high | 56 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 65 | 56 |
| Austin low | 41 | 45 | 52 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Sacramento low | 40 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 58 | 52 | 44 | 40 |
Monthly precipitation
Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.
View monthly precipitation as a table
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Sacramento | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.4 |
Monthly sunny days
Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.
View monthly sunny days as a table
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 16 |
Keep comparing
Nearby cities and popular picks for each side of this matchup. Any two cities can be compared from the home page.
Austin vs another city
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- Austin vs Hornsby Bend, TX
- Austin vs Wells Branch, TX
- Austin vs Shady Hollow, TX
- Austin vs Manor, TX
- Austin vs Bee Cave, TX
- Austin vs New York, NY
- Austin vs Los Angeles, CA
- Austin vs Chicago, IL
- Austin vs Houston, TX
- Austin vs Phoenix, AZ
- Austin vs Philadelphia, PA
Sacramento vs another city
- Sacramento vs Fruitridge Pocket, CA
- Sacramento vs Lemon Hill, CA
- Sacramento vs West Sacramento, CA
- Sacramento vs Parkway, CA
- Sacramento vs Arden-Arcade, CA
- Sacramento vs La Riviera, CA
- Sacramento vs New York, NY
- Sacramento vs Los Angeles, CA
- Sacramento vs Chicago, IL
- Sacramento vs Houston, TX
- Sacramento vs Phoenix, AZ
- Sacramento vs Philadelphia, PA
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).