Texas, United States

Houston

Houston is a major city in Texas, United States. It has a population of about 2,304,580 (2020). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.

Now65°F

Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov

Population2.3M

Local time07:53

29.76° N, 95.36° WElevation 39 ftUTC−5 · Central Daylight Time

Postal codes77001–77012, 77018–77027 …

14-day weather Climate by month Things to do Events

The year in Houstonweather score

October: high / low83° / 62°

Rain this month139mm

Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov

Best: Feb–Mar · Nov. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.

Houston at a glance

Sunrise · sunset07:28 · 18:4511 h 16 min of daylight The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:36 Next holiday11 NovemberVeterans Day Next concert23 OctCortisa Star · The Secret Group

Best time to visitFeb–Mar · Nov

The months with the highest weather score

Warmest month94°F

Average high in August

Coolest month44°F

Average low in January

Wettest monthJuly

121 mm of rain

Driest monthFebruary

81 mm of rain

Monuments nearby10+

within 2.9 km

How Houston has grown

People living in the built-up area (1,859 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.

+196%1.45M in 1975 → 4.3M in 2025

Weather in Houston

Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.

14-day forecast

65°F

Sunny · wind 5 km/h · humidity 89%

Today hour by hour

Today22 Oct87°63°

Fri23 Oct87°61°

Sat24 Oct85°63°

Sun25 Oct82°65°

Mon26 Oct85°64°

Tue27 Oct84°62°

Wed28 Oct84°67°0.5 mm

Thu29 Oct84°66°0.5 mm

Fri30 Oct82°65°

Sat31 Oct74°64°6.9 mm

When to go to Houston

Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.

Climate month by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Score	70	76	78	72	53	34	29	27	38	64	79	73
High	64°	67°	74°	80°	86°	91°	93°	94°	90°	83°	73°	66°
Low	44°	48°	54°	60°	68°	74°	76°	76°	71°	62°	52°	46°
Rain (mm)	100	81	91	83	129	173	121	116	120	139	118	99
Wet days	10	8	8	9	10	15	16	15	14	10	8	10

Houston in January Houston in February Houston in March Houston in April Houston in May Houston in June Houston in July Houston in August Houston in September Houston in October Houston in November Houston in December

What's on in Houston

Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.

All events

Concerts and shows

23Oct

Cortisa StarThe Secret Group

31Oct

YeNRG Stadium

5Nov

DJ HoppaThe Secret Group

11Dec

Trans‐Siberian OrchestraToyota Center · 18:30

11Dec

Trans‐Siberian OrchestraToyota Center · 14:00

Public holidays

11Nov

Veterans DayNational

Wed26Nov

Thanksgiving DayNational

Thu27Nov

Friday After ThanksgivingRegional holiday

Fri24Dec

Christmas EveRegional holiday

Thu

Monuments and museums in Houston

All monuments

0.7 km

Houston City HallBuilt 1939

0.3 km

Scanlan BuildingBuilt 1909

0.4 km

1910 Harris County CourthouseBuilt 1907

2 km

Benjamin ApartmentsBuilt 1924

2.9 km

James L. Autry HouseBuilt 1912

0.5 km

JPMorgan Chase BuildingBuilt 1929

Museum0.9 km

Sam Houston ParkBuilt 1900

Museum3.4 km

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

More museums: Art of the World Gallery · Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall · Freedman's Town Visitor Center · Gallery 1206 · Gallery 1208 · Harris County Heritage Society Museum · Houston Freedman's Town · Houston Maritime Center & Museum · Museum of Printing History · Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum · Rienzi · Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum

Monuments of Texas Museums of Texas

Outdoors around Houston

Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.

Things to do

Golf courses9 Viewpoints3 Camp sites3 Zoos2 Climbing2 Aquariums2 Theme parks2 Water parks1

Downtown AquariumAquariums

0.4 km

Momentum Indoor Climbing - Silver StreetClimbing

1.6 km

Momentum Rock ClimbingClimbing

1.7 km

The MountViewpoints

5.2 km

Hermann Park Golf CourseGolf courses

5.8 km

Kipp Memorial AquariumAquariums

5.9 km

Gigglin' Marlin Dive & SwimDive site

4 km

Nature around Houston

Nature in United States

White Oak Bayou

McGovern Lake

Brays Bayou

Vince Bayou

Sheldon Reservoir

River15 km

Halls Bayou, Sheldon

Nature in Texas Beaches of United States

Wildlife in October

The birds and mammals of United States seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.

Eastern gray squirrelSciurus carolinensis

Northern FlickerColaptes auratus

Blue JayCyanocitta cristata

Eastern chipmunkTamias striatus

Hispid cotton ratSigmodon hispidus

Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

The sky over Houston

Eclipses and meteor showers

The moon tonightWaxing gibbousMoonrise 16:36 · Moonset 04:48 Next eclipse seen from here20 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse Orionids~19 an hourpeak night 21 October, best at 06:08 Northern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here

Earthquakes around Houston

The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.

Earthquakes

Last 30 days3magnitude 2.5+ within 300 km Since 19500magnitude 5+ within 150 km Significant earthquakes on record1within 300 km

Tropical storms · Houston

Tropical storm archive

Fossil sites near this town

Fossil sites: 1 · 8 km

Fossils in the United States

Quaternary · 1

Universities and research institutes

Baylor College of MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1900

Rice UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1912

South Texas College of LawUniversity or college · founded 1923

Houston Independent School DistrictUniversity or college · founded 1924

Texas Southern UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1927

University of HoustonUniversity or college · founded 1927

St. John's SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1946

University of St. Thomas - TexasUniversity or college · founded 1947

Houston Christian UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1960

Art Institute of HoustonUniversity or college · founded 1965

Houston Community College SystemUniversity or college · founded 1971

University of Houston - Clear LakeUniversity or college · founded 1971

The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUniversity or college · founded 1972

Lone Star CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1973

Lone Star College–North HarrisUniversity or college · founded 1973

University of Houston - DowntownUniversity or college · founded 1974

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental HealthUniversity or college · founded 1977

University of Houston SystemUniversity or college · founded 1977

College of Biblical StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1979

Houston Graduate School of TheologyUniversity or college · founded 1983

Lone Star College Kingwood, Lone Star College–KingwoodUniversity or college · founded 1984

Center for Advanced Legal StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1987

American College of Acupuncture & Oriental MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1991

YES Prep Public SchoolsUniversity or college · founded 1998

North American UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2007

Kinder Institute for Urban ResearchUniversity or college · founded 2010

Johnson Space CenterResearch institute · founded 1961

Lunar and Planetary InstituteResearch institute · founded 1969

Baylor GeneticsResearch institute · founded 1978

Burzynski Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1984

Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human DiseasesResearch institute · founded 1995

Center for Theoretical Biological PhysicsResearch institute · founded 2002

Clinical Trial NetworkResearch institute · founded 2002

Alkek Center for Molecular DiscoveryResearch institute · founded 2010

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalized Cancer TherapyResearch institute · founded 2011

Center for Research ComputingResearch institute

Houston Institute for Clinical ResearchResearch institute

McGuire InstituteResearch institute

Towns and villages around Houston

Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.

Sherwood Place13 km Greenwood Village14 km Emerson Place14 km Orange Grove15 km Redwood Estates15 km Ralston Acres16 km Heather Glen16 km Wood Forest16 km Fair Green16 km South Houston17 km Castlewoods17 km Pasadena17 km

All 189 towns and villages in Harris County Texas

Houston from above

Around Houston33 places to see, do and reach nearby

White Oak BayouNature0.4 mi McGovern LakeNature3.6 mi Brays BayouNature5.8 mi Vince BayouNature12 mi Sheldon ReservoirNature14 mi Halls Bayou, SheldonNature9.3 mi Brady Island, TexasNature5.9 mi Fidelity IslandNature6.8 mi Gigglin' Marlin Dive & SwimDive site2.5 mi Houston City HallMonument0.4 mi Scanlan BuildingMonument0.2 mi 1910 Harris County CourthouseMonument0.3 mi Benjamin ApartmentsMonument1.2 mi James L. Autry HouseMonument1.8 mi JPMorgan Chase BuildingMonument0.3 mi City National Bank Building, HoustonMonument0.4 mi Humble Oil BuildingMonument0.6 mi Sam Houston ParkMuseum0.6 mi Buffalo Soldiers National MuseumMuseum2.1 mi Houston Fire MuseumMuseum1.3 mi ArtCar MuseumMuseum2.1 mi Gulf Coast Archive and MuseumMuseum2.2 mi HoustonStation0.4 mi Kinder StationStation3.5 mi Terminal AStation15 mi Lynchburg Ferry Landing South EntranceFerry port17 mi Lynchburg Ferry Landing North EntranceFerry port17 mi PearlandPlace15 mi Missouri CityPlace14 mi PasadenaPlace11 mi StaffordPlace15 mi Deer ParkPlace15 mi Jersey VillagePlace15 mi

Postal codes

77001–7701277018–7702777029–77030770337704677051–7705277054–77057770767708177087770927709877201–7721077212–7721377215–7723177233–7723877240–7724577248–7724977251–7725977261–7726377265–772757727777279–77280772827728477287–772937729777299

Getting to Houston

William P. Hobby AirportHOU

16 km

George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH

25 km

Jack Brooks Regional AirportBPT

131 km

HoustonRailway station

0.6 km

Kinder StationRailway station

5.7 km

Terminal ARailway station

25 km

Lynchburg Ferry Landing South EntranceLynchburg Ferry Landing North Entrance

27 km

Lynchburg Ferry Landing North EntranceLynchburg Ferry Landing South Entrance

28 km

Places near Houston

23 km

Places with a climate like Houston

Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.

97% alike

Victoria

United States

84° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

97% alike

Edna

United States

84° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

96% alike

Bloomington

United States

83° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

96% alike

Lolita

United States

84° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

95% alike

Refugio

United States

84° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

96% alike

Vanderbilt

United States

84° / 62°Feb–Mar · Nov

Frequently asked questions

When is the best time to visit Houston?

Based on 30-year climate normals, February, March and November offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Houston.

What is the hottest month in Houston?

August is the warmest month, with average highs of 94°F and lows of 76°F.

What is the coldest month in Houston?

January is the coldest month, with average highs of 64°F and lows of 44°F.

What is the rainiest month in Houston?

July is the wettest month with about 4.8 in of precipitation on 16 wet days.

What is the postal code of Houston?

Houston has 117 postal codes: 77001–77012, 77018–77027, 77029–77030, 77033, 77046, 77051–77052, 77054–77057, 77076, 77081, 77087, 77092, 77098 ….

Houston

Houston at a glance

How Houston has grown

Weather in Houston

When to go to Houston

What's on in Houston

Concerts and shows

Public holidays

Monuments and museums in Houston

Outdoors around Houston

Nature around Houston

Wildlife in October

The sky over Houston

Earthquakes around Houston

Tropical storms · Houston

Fossil sites near this town

Universities and research institutes

Towns and villages around Houston

Houston from above

Postal codes

Getting to Houston

Places near Houston

Pearland

Missouri City

Pasadena

Stafford

Deer Park

Jersey Village

South Houston

Brookside Village

Places with a climate like Houston

Victoria

Edna

Bloomington

Lolita

Refugio

Vanderbilt

Frequently asked questions