Georgia, United States
Atlanta
Atlanta is a city in Georgia, United States, 1,050 ft above sea level. It has a population of about 498,715 (2020). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now67°F
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Population498,715
Local time10:33
33.75° N, 84.39° WElevation 1,050 ftUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
Postal codes30302–30303, 30308 …October: high / low74° / 51°
Rain this month92mm
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Best: Apr · Oct–Nov. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Atlanta at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:48 · 18:5711 h 08 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:52Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 8.9Next holiday11 NovemberVeterans DayNext concert1 NovNinth Key · The Masquerade: Purgatory
Best time to visitApr · Oct–Nov
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month89°F
Average high in July
Coolest month33°F
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
137 mm of rain
Driest monthApril
91 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 1.8 km
How Atlanta has grown
People living in the built-up area (292 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+180%215k in 1975 → 603k in 2025Weather in Atlanta
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
67°F
Today hour by hourSunny · wind 4 km/h · humidity 52%
Today22 Oct76°48°
Fri23 Oct73°48°
Sat24 Oct70°47°
Sun25 Oct69°46°
Mon26 Oct71°49°
Tue27 Oct74°46°
Wed28 Oct70°49°
Thu29 Oct67°54°1.5 mm
Fri30 Oct74°51°
Sat31 Oct71°49°
When to go to Atlanta
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 39 | 49 | 70 | 75 | 61 | 45 | 38 | 41 | 66 | 81 | 75 | 44 |
| High | 53° | 58° | 65° | 73° | 80° | 86° | 89° | 88° | 83° | 74° | 64° | 56° |
| Low | 33° | 36° | 42° | 49° | 58° | 66° | 70° | 69° | 63° | 51° | 41° | 36° |
| Rain (mm) | 106 | 130 | 135 | 91 | 107 | 113 | 137 | 124 | 112 | 92 | 112 | 107 |
| Wet days | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
What's on in Atlanta
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Monuments and museums in Atlanta
1.7 km
Imperial Hotel (Atlanta)Built 19101.7 km
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Atlanta
0.7 km
Grady Memorial HospitalBuilt 1892
0 km
Georgia State Capitol
0.7 km
Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal BuildingBuilt 1933
0.9 km
Candler Building, AtlantaBuilt 1906
Museum1.6 km
World of Coca-ColaBuilt 1990
Museum3.5 km
Jimmy Carter Library and MuseumBuilt 1984More museums: College Football Hall of Fame · Ebenezer Baptist Church, Heritage Sanctuary · Freedom Hall · Historic Fire Station Number 6 · King Birth Home · Margaret Mitchell House · Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site · Museum of Illusions Atlanta · Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta · Woodruff Arts Center
Outdoors around Atlanta
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Druid Hills Golf ClubGolf courses
0.8 kmGeorgia AquariumAquariums
1.7 kmJackson Street Bridge OverlookViewpoints
1.8 kmZoo AtlantaZoos · 961 ft
2.4 kmCentral Rock GymClimbing
2.8 kmEast Lake Golf ClubGolf courses
3.3 kmGeorgia AquariumDive site
1.6 kmNature around Atlanta
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of United States seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Atlanta
Earthquakes around Atlanta
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Universities and research institutes
Oglethorpe UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1835
Emory UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1836
Morehouse CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1867
Morris Brown CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1881
Spelman CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1881
Atlanta Public SchoolsUniversity or college · founded 1882
Georgia Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1885
Marist SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1901
Georgia State UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1913
Beulah Heights UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1918
Atlanta University CenterUniversity or college · founded 1929
University System of GeorgiaUniversity or college · founded 1931
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1933
Carver Bible CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1943
Atlanta Technical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1945
Art Institute of AtlantaUniversity or college · founded 1949
Westminster SchoolsUniversity or college · founded 1951
Atlanta Metropolitan College, Atlanta Metropolitan State CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1974
Morehouse School of MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1975
Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1975
Technical College System of GeorgiaUniversity or college · founded 1985
Clark Atlanta UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1988
Georgia Christian UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1993
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity or college · founded 1997
American Partnership for Eosinophilic DisordersUniversity or college · founded 2000
Emory Global Health InstituteUniversity or college · founded 2006
Emory National Primate Research CenterResearch institute · founded 1930
American Spinal Injury AssociationResearch institute · founded 1973
National Center for Environmental HealthResearch institute · founded 1980
Atlanta Center for Medical ResearchResearch institute · founded 1982
National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB PreventionResearch institute · founded 1987
Ovarian Cancer InstituteResearch institute · founded 1999
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesResearch institute · founded 2001
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory DiseasesResearch institute · founded 2005
Educopia InstituteResearch institute · founded 2006
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science InstituteResearch institute · founded 2007
Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable SystemsResearch institute · founded 2009
Renewable Bioproducts InstituteResearch institute · founded 2014
Georgia Clinical and Translational Science AllianceResearch institute · founded 2017
Southeast Center for Mathematics and BiologyResearch institute · founded 2018
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory ServicesResearch institute
Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data ScienceResearch institute
Division of Parasitic Diseases and MalariaResearch institute
Georgia Tech Research InstituteResearch institute
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionResearch institute
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesResearch institute
Towns and villages around Atlanta
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Five Points0.6 kmShermantown1.1 kmCabbagetown2 kmInman Park2.5 kmWest End2.9 kmEnglish Avenue Neighborhood3.3 kmBellwood3.6 kmBeulah Heights3.8 kmRoseland3.8 kmLakewood Heights5 kmSylvan Hills5.2 kmMorningside5.6 kmGrove Park6 kmBrookwood6 kmRockdale6.1 kmFort McPherson6.3 kmWoodward6.3 kmBrookwood Hills6.6 kmThomasville6.8 kmCornell7.1 kmNorthside Park7.1 kmSimsville7.1 kmCascade Heights7.6 kmHills Park7.6 kmEllen7.6 kmCenter Hill8.3 kmStratford8.6 kmCarey Park8.7 kmTilford8.9 kmEast Point9.1 kmBolton9.4 kmHapeville10 kmRiverside10 kmBlair Village10 kmMagnolia11 kmAdamsville11 kmChattahoochee11 kmCollege Park12 kmBen Hill13 km
Atlanta from above
Around Atlanta36 places to see, do and reach nearby
South River, GeorgiaNature5.9 miLakewood Fairgrounds LakeNature3.3 miCandler Lake, GeorgiaNature5.5 miNoses CreekNature15 miSweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)Nature13 miBull Sluice LakeNature15 miLong Island, SmyrnaNature9.3 miBuzzard Roost Island, AdamsvilleNature11 miKennesaw MountainMountain19 miSweat MountainMountain22 miStone MountainMountain14 miMount WilkinsonMountain9.5 miArabia MountainMountain17 miPanola MountainMountain15 miGeorgia AquariumDive site1.0 miImperial Hotel (Atlanta)Monument1.0 miBasilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, AtlantaMonument1.0 miGrady Memorial HospitalMonument0.4 miGeorgia State CapitolMonumentunder 0.1 miMartin Luther King, Jr. Federal BuildingMonument0.5 miCandler Building, AtlantaMonument0.5 miRhodes-Haverty BuildingMonument0.6 miGlenn BuildingMonument0.6 miWorld of Coca-ColaMuseum1.0 miJimmy Carter Library and MuseumMuseum2.2 miNational Center for Civil and Human RightsMuseum1.1 miAtlanta Contemporary Art CenterMuseum0.9 miRobert C. Williams Paper MuseumMuseum2.4 miAtlantaStation3.5 miD GatesStation7.8 miSandy SpringsPlace12 miDecaturPlace5.6 miSmyrnaPlace12 miEast PointPlace5.6 miBrookhavenPlace8.0 miChambleePlace11 mi
Postal codes
30302–30303303083031030312–3031530321303323033430343303533035830370303743039230394
Getting to Atlanta
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportATL
13 kmDeKalb Peachtree AirportPDK
16 kmMiddle Georgia Regional AirportMCN
136 kmAtlantaRailway station
5.6 kmD GatesRailway station
13 kmPlaces near Atlanta
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Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
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75° / 51°Apr · Oct–Nov
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74° / 50°Apr · Oct–Nov
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73° / 51°Apr · Oct–Nov
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Vestavia Hills
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74° / 52°Apr · Oct–Nov
96% alikeCenter Point
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75° / 51°Apr · Oct–Nov
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Atlanta?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, October and November offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Atlanta.
What is the hottest month in Atlanta?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 89°F and lows of 70°F.
What is the coldest month in Atlanta?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 53°F and lows of 33°F.
What is the rainiest month in Atlanta?
July is the wettest month with about 5.4 in of precipitation on 19 wet days.
What is the postal code of Atlanta?
Atlanta has 18 postal codes: 30302–30303, 30308, 30310, 30312–30315, 30321, 30332, 30334, 30343, 30353, 30358, 30370, 30374 ….