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Virginia weather by city

VSWeather covers 202 cities and towns in Virginia, from Virginia Beach (population 457,066) down to Orange (population 5,000). Lake Monticello is the state's sunniest covered city at 212 sunny days a year. Bluefield is its snowiest at 39 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

Virginia climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Lake Monticello 212 sunny days
  2. 2Charlottesville 212 sunny days
  3. 3University of Virginia 212 sunny days
  4. 4Hollymead 212 sunny days
  5. 5South Boston 211 sunny days
  6. 6Martinsville 211 sunny days
  7. 7Madison Heights 211 sunny days
  8. 8Danville 211 sunny days
  9. 9Timberlake 211 sunny days
  10. 10Forest 211 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Bluefield 39 in of snow
  2. 2Marion 30 in of snow
  3. 3Purcellville 25 in of snow
  4. 4Blacksburg 24 in of snow
  5. 5Lansdowne 23 in of snow
  6. 6Leesburg 23 in of snow
  7. 7Winchester 23 in of snow
  8. 8Woodstock 23 in of snow
  9. 9Cascades 23 in of snow
  10. 10Countryside 23 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Bluefield 157 wet days a year
  2. 2Richlands 157 wet days a year
  3. 3Marion 152 wet days a year
  4. 4Big Stone Gap 151 wet days a year
  5. 5Abingdon 147 wet days a year
  6. 6Bristol 142 wet days a year
  7. 7Galax 131 wet days a year
  8. 8Radford 129 wet days a year
  9. 9Wytheville 128 wet days a year
  10. 10Chesapeake 126 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Norfolk 61 °F average
  2. 2Portsmouth 61 °F average
  3. 3Hopewell 61 °F average
  4. 4Chesapeake 60 °F average
  5. 5Virginia Beach 60 °F average
  6. 6Hampton 60 °F average
  7. 7Carrollton 60 °F average
  8. 8Poquoson 60 °F average
  9. 9Emporia 60 °F average
  10. 10Newport News 60 °F average

Popular Virginia comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered Virginia cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how Virginia cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

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