New York, United States
New York City
New York City is a major city in New York, United States, close to the sea. It has a population of about 8,804,190 (2020). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now48°F
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
Population8.8M
Local time08:53
40.71° N, 74.01° WElevation 33 ftUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
Postal codes10002–10009, 10012–10014 …October: high / low65° / 49°
Rain this month103mm
Sea this month63°
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
Best: May · Sep–Oct. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
New York City at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:15 · 18:0710 h 52 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:13Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 6.2Next holiday3 NovemberElection DayNext concert22 OctAfter · Bowery Ballroom
Best time to visitMay · Sep–Oct
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month86°F
Average high in July
Coolest month26°F
Average low in January
Wettest monthJune
100 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
77 mm of rain
Warmest sea74°F
August
Monuments nearby10+
within 1.3 km
How New York City has grown
People living in the built-up area (3,031 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+18%12.1M in 1975 → 14.2M in 2025Weather in New York City
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
48°F
Today hour by hourSunny · wind 15 km/h · humidity 63%
Today22 Oct66°45°
Fri23 Oct58°42°
Sat24 Oct60°38°
Sun25 Oct64°39°
Mon26 Oct69°43°
Tue27 Oct58°46°
Wed28 Oct60°39°
Thu29 Oct68°42°
Fri30 Oct61°50°
Sat31 Oct59°39°
When to go to New York City
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 | 33 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 50 | 53 | 76 | 76 | 47 | 30 |
| High | 40° | 42° | 50° | 62° | 72° | 81° | 86° | 84° | 77° | 65° | 54° | 45° |
| Low | 26° | 27° | 34° | 44° | 54° | 63° | 69° | 68° | 61° | 49° | 39° | 31° |
| Rain (mm) | 84 | 77 | 104 | 106 | 103 | 100 | 115 | 110 | 99 | 103 | 95 | 99 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Sea | 43° | 40° | 41° | 46° | 55° | 65° | 72° | 74° | 71° | 63° | 55° | 48° |
What's on in New York City
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
New York City's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in New York City
1.3 km
Brooklyn Bridge
0.3 km
Woolworth BuildingBuilt 1912
0.9 km
40 Wall StreetBuilt 1930
0.9 km
70 Pine StreetBuilt 1932
0.9 km
Trinity Church, New York CityBuilt 1698
0.9 km
Federal HallBuilt 1842
Museum2.8 km
Whitney Museum of American ArtBuilt 1931
Museum0.7 km
National September 11 Memorial & MuseumBuilt 2011More museums: African Burial Ground National Monument Visitor Center · Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center · Brooklyn Historical Society · Building 92 · Center for Architecture · Commanding Officer's Quarters · Dream House · Hall des Lumières · Mmuseumm · Museum at Eldridge Street · MĒRCER LABS · Salvator Mundi Museum of Art
Outdoors around New York City
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Viewpoints35Climbing16Golf courses7Theme parks6Zoos6Aquariums3Hot springs & thermal baths2Camp sites2
Sojo SpaHot springs & thermal baths
0.8 kmBrooklyn BathhouseHot springs & thermal baths
1 kmCentral Park ZooZoos
1.8 kmUmpire RockClimbing
1.9 kmNickelodeon UniverseTheme parks
2.2 kmSEA LIFE New Jersey AquariumAquariums
2.5 kmBig Snow American DreamSki area · 0 km of pistes · 4 lifts
12 kmStingray DiversDive site
5.3 kmNature around New York City
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of United States seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over New York City
Earthquakes around New York City
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Tsunamis · New York City
C1Hurricane Elsa (2021)89 km · 93 km/hC1Hurricane Isaias (2020)94 km · 102 km/hTSTropical Storm Fay (2020)62 km · 65 km/hTSTropical Storm Andrea (2013)97 km · 74 km/hC3Hurricane Irene (2011)13 km · 102 km/hC1Hurricane Hanna (2008)90 km · 83 km/hC4Hurricane Floyd (1999)45 km · 93 km/hC3Hurricane Bertha (1996)71 km · 111 km/hTSTropical Storm Henri (1985)97 km · 65 km/hC4Hurricane Gloria (1985)61 km · 139 km/h
Universities and research institutes
Columbia UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1754
New York UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1831
Fordham UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1841
City College of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1847
City University of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1847
New York Academy of MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1847
Manhattan UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1853
Staten Island Historical SocietyUniversity or college · founded 1856
Cooper UnionUniversity or college · founded 1859
Lexington School for the DeafUniversity or college · founded 1865
American University of Beirut New York OfficeUniversity or college · founded 1866
Hunter CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1870
St. John's UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1870
Dwight SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1872
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of ReligionUniversity or college · founded 1875
Brearley SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1884
Jewish Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · founded 1886
University SettlementUniversity or college · founded 1886
Yeshiva UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1886
Barnard CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1889
New York Law SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1891
College BoardUniversity or college · founded 1899
Rockefeller UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1901
Juilliard SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1905
Pace UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1906
Robert Louis Stevenson SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1908
Union Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · founded 1908
TCI College of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1909
College Art AssociationUniversity or college · founded 1911
New York College of Podiatric MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1911
Bank Street College of EducationUniversity or college · founded 1916
New York School of Interior DesignUniversity or college · founded 1916
New York University PressUniversity or college · founded 1916
St. Joseph's University New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1916
American Theatre WingUniversity or college · founded 1917
Manhattan School of MusicUniversity or college · founded 1917
American University in Cairo New York OfficeUniversity or college · founded 1919
Dalton SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1919
The New SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1919
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the TheatreUniversity or college · founded 1928
Berkeley CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1931
DeVry CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1931
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1932
Strang Cancer Prevention InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1933
Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1935
Marymount Manhattan CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1936
Parsons School of DesignUniversity or college · founded 1936
Queens College, CUNY, Queens College, City University of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1937
Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · founded 1938
Fashion Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1944
Limón InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1946
School of Visual ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1947
American Friends of Tel Aviv UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1955
New York Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1955
Queensborough Community College, CUNYUniversity or college · founded 1959
Ackerman Institute for the FamilyUniversity or college · founded 1960
The Graduate Center, CUNYUniversity or college · founded 1961
Stephen Gaynor SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1962
Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1963
East Harlem SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1963
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUniversity or college · founded 1963
New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and SculptureUniversity or college · founded 1963
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1964
Center for Migration Studies of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1964
John Jay College of Criminal JusticeUniversity or college · founded 1964
Metropolitan College of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1964
York College, City University of New YorkUniversity or college · founded 1966
Lehman CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1967
Baruch College, Baruch College, CUNYUniversity or college · founded 1968
Summit SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1968
Institute of the Black WorldUniversity or college · founded 1969
Sotheby's Institute of ArtUniversity or college · founded 1969
University Resident Theatre AssociationUniversity or college · founded 1969
Touro CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1970
SUNY College of OptometryUniversity or college · founded 1971
Churchill School and CenterUniversity or college · founded 1972
Boricua CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1974
HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public LeadershipUniversity or college · founded 1975
College of Staten IslandUniversity or college · founded 1976
Learning Through an Expanded Arts ProgramUniversity or college · founded 1977
New York City from above
Around New York City36 places to see, do and reach nearby
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ReservoirNature5.4 miPassaic RiverNature5.9 miHackensack RiverNature5.5 miHarlem MeerNature6.4 miCollect PondNature0.3 miBronx KillNature7.4 miEllis Island, New YorkNature2.0 miLiberty Island, New YorkNature2.6 miGoffle HillMountain20 miNavesink HighlandsMountain22 miBig Snow American DreamSki area7.5 miStingray DiversDive site3.3 miBrooklyn BridgeMonument0.8 miWoolworth BuildingMonument0.2 mi40 Wall StreetMonument0.5 mi70 Pine StreetMonument0.6 miTrinity Church, New York CityMonument0.5 miFederal HallMonument0.5 miNew York City HallMonument0.1 mi20 Exchange PlaceMonument0.6 miWhitney Museum of American ArtMuseum1.8 miNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMuseum0.4 miNew MuseumMuseum0.9 miNational Academy of DesignMuseum1.9 miInternational Center of PhotographyMuseum0.9 miFulton StreetStation0.4 miHoboken TerminalStation1.8 mi34th Street–Herald SquareStation2.5 miBrookfield Place / Battery Park CityFerry port0.6 miIKEA Express ShuttleFerry port0.7 miBrooklynPlace5.3 miManhattanPlace5.2 miThe BronxPlace12 miStaten IslandPlace13 miNewarkPlace8.8 miJersey CityPlace3.9 mi
Postal codes
10002–1000910012–1001410020100381004110043100451007510080–100811020310212–1021310242102491025610258–102601026510270–102711027310278–1028210285–10286
Getting to New York City
LaGuardia AirportLGA
13 kmNewark Liberty International AirportEWR
14 kmTeterboro AirportTEB
16 kmFulton StreetRailway station
0.6 kmHoboken TerminalRailway station
2.9 km34th Street–Herald SquareRailway station
4 kmBrookfield Place / Battery Park CityBattery Maritime Building · Hoboken 14th Street · Hoboken NJ Transit Terminal · Liberty Harbor
1 kmIKEA Express ShuttleFerry port
1.2 kmPlaces near New York City
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Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit New York City?
Based on 30-year climate normals, May, September and October offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in New York City.
What is the hottest month in New York City?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 86°F and lows of 69°F.
What is the coldest month in New York City?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 40°F and lows of 26°F.
What is the rainiest month in New York City?
June is the wettest month with about 3.9 in of precipitation on 14 wet days.
How warm is the sea near New York City?
The sea is warmest in August at about 74°F and coolest in February at about 40°F.
What is the postal code of New York City?
New York City has 39 postal codes: 10002–10009, 10012–10014, 10020, 10038, 10041, 10043, 10045, 10075, 10080–10081, 10203, 10212–10213, 10242 ….