Washington, United States

Seattle

Seattle is a city in Washington, United States. It has a population of about 737,015 (2020). The climate is classified as warm-summer Mediterranean (Köppen Csb), with dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.

Now45°F

Best timeJul–Sep

Population737,015

Local time07:59

47.61° N, 122.33° WElevation 184 ftUTC−7 · Pacific Daylight Time

Postal codes98101–98102, 98104 …

14-day weather Climate by month Things to do Events

The year in Seattleweather score

October: high / low60° / 46°

Rain this month107mm

Best timeJul–Sep

Best: Jul–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.

Seattle at a glance

Sunrise · sunset07:39 · 18:1010 h 31 min of daylight The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:32 Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 4.2 Next holiday11 NovemberVeterans Day Next concert23 OctPhoebe Bridgers · Climate Pledge Arena

Best time to visitJul–Sep

The months with the highest weather score

Warmest month76°F

Average high in August

Coolest month37°F

Average low in December

Wettest monthMarch

106 mm of rain

Driest monthJuly

20 mm of rain

Monuments nearby10+

within 2 km

How Seattle has grown

People living in the built-up area (1,123 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.

+117%969k in 1975 → 2.1M in 2025

Weather in Seattle

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

14-day forecast

45°F

Cloudy · wind 7 km/h · humidity 90%

Today hour by hour

Today22 Oct58°44°

Fri23 Oct56°43°

Sat24 Oct52°38°1 mm

Sun25 Oct52°45°18.8 mm

Mon26 Oct56°44°1.5 mm

Tue27 Oct54°43°0.5 mm

Wed28 Oct56°43°

Thu29 Oct57°44°

Fri30 Oct58°42°

When to go to Seattle

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	15	18	28	44	62	64	84	85	72	49	21	16
High	47°	50°	54°	59°	65°	70°	76°	76°	71°	60°	52°	47°
Low	37°	37°	39°	42°	48°	52°	56°	56°	53°	46°	40°	37°
Rain (mm)	151	103	106	71	61	47	20	22	46	107	174	168
Wet days	20	18	22	19	16	14	7	6	12	17	21	21

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

What's on in Seattle

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

All events

Concerts and shows

23Oct

Phoebe BridgersClimate Pledge Arena

24Nov

Postmodern JukeboxParamount Theatre · 19:00

29Nov

Trans‐Siberian OrchestraClimate Pledge Arena · 19:30

29Nov

Trans‐Siberian OrchestraClimate Pledge Arena · 15:00

7Dec

Olivia RodrigoClimate Pledge Arena

Public holidays

11Nov

Veterans DayNational

Wed26Nov

Thanksgiving DayNational

Thu27Nov

Native American Heritage DayRegional holiday

Fri25Dec

Christmas DayNational

Fri

Seattle's festivals through the year

Jan

Feb

Mar

AprSeattle International Film Festival Northwest Folklife

MaySeafair

Jun

Jul

Aug

SepSeattle Latino Film Festival

Oct

Nov

Dec

Monuments and museums in Seattle

All monuments

2 km

Space NeedleBuilt 1961

0.3 km

Fairmont Olympic HotelBuilt 1924

0.3 km

Seattle TowerBuilt 1928

0.9 km

Union Station, SeattleBuilt 1911

0.1 km

Rainier ClubBuilt 1903

0.3 km

Arctic BuildingBuilt 1916

Museum0.5 km

Seattle Art MuseumBuilt 1933

Museum2.1 km

Museum of Pop CultureBuilt 2004

More museums: Chihuly Garden and Glass · Discovery Portal · Gates Foundation Visitor Center · Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park · Log House Museum · Museum of Illusions · RE-PC Computer Museum · Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery · Seattle Presents

Monuments of Washington Museums of Washington

Outdoors around Seattle

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

Viewpoints40 Golf courses18 Climbing14 Camp sites3 Zoos1 Aquariums1

Seattle AquariumAquariums · 16 ft

0.9 km

Seattle Golf ClubGolf courses

2.5 km

Volunteer Park Water TowerViewpoints

2.9 km

Momentum Indoor ClimbingClimbing

3.1 km

Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Blake IslandCamp sites

3.3 km

Blake Island Marine State Park CampgroundCamp sites

3.6 km

Seattle Scuba SchoolDive site

3.5 km

Seacrest ParkDive site

4.1 km

Discount Divers SupplyDive site

4.2 km

Underwater SportsDive site

11 km

Nature around Seattle

Nature in United States

Lake Washington

Lake Union

Ravenna Creek

Lake Bellevue

Yesler Creek

Nature in Washington Mountains of Washington 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 Seattle

Eclipses and meteor showers

The moon tonightWaxing gibbousMoonrise 16:32 · Moonset 04:41 Next eclipse seen from here17 Aug 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse Orionids~17 an hourpeak night 21 October, best at 06:08 Northern lightsKp 4.2about 34 nights a year

Earthquakes around Seattle

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

Earthquakes

Last 30 days6magnitude 2.5+ within 300 km Since 195011magnitude 5+ within 150 km Significant earthquakes on record7within 300 km

Strongest nearby since 1950

6.8Longbranch 7 km ↓2001 · 59 km

6.7Dash Point 1 km ↗1965 · 32 km

5.8Satsop 8 km ↑1999 · 104 km

5.4Duvall 9 km →1996 · 38 km

Tsunamis · Seattle

Tsunami archive

0 m11 March 2011earthquake 0.1 m28 March 1964earthquake and landslide 0 m4 November 1952earthquake –24 October 1927earthquake and landslide –29 November 1891earthquake and landslide

Universities and research institutes

Antioch University SeattleUniversity or college · founded 1852

University of WashingtonUniversity or college · founded 1861

Seattle Public SchoolsUniversity or college · founded 1867

Seattle Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1891

Seattle UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1891

Seattle CollegesUniversity or college · founded 1902

University Child Development SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1911

Cornish College of the ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1914

Seattle Central CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1965

North Seattle CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1970

South Seattle CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1970

City University of SeattleUniversity or college · founded 1973

University PrepUniversity or college · founded 1976

College Spark WashingtonUniversity or college · founded 1978

The Northwest SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1980

Seattle Academy of Arts and SciencesUniversity or college · founded 1983

University Heights CenterUniversity or college · founded 1989

Seattle Film InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1994

Seattle Institute of Oriental MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1996

Seattle School of Theology and PsychologyUniversity or college · founded 1997

Pinchot UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2002

Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative CareUniversity or college · founded 2005

University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryResearch institute · founded 1943

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterResearch institute · founded 1985

National Bureau of Asian ResearchResearch institute · founded 1989

Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationResearch institute · founded 2007

Northwest Climate Adaptation Science CenterResearch institute · founded 2010

Center for Enabling New Technologies Through CatalysisResearch institute · founded 2012

Brotman Baty InstituteResearch institute · founded 2017

Blue Marble Space Institute of ScienceResearch institute

Cancer ConsortiumResearch institute

Friday Harbor LaboratoriesResearch institute

Interdisciplinary Scientific ResearchResearch institute

Seattle Reproductive MedicineResearch institute

Western Fisheries Research CenterResearch institute

Towns and villages around Seattle

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

Denny Regrade1.2 km Broadmoor4.4 km South Seattle5.2 km Edgewater Park5.6 km Columbia City6.3 km Lakewood6.6 km Roanoke6.8 km McGilvara6.9 km University6.9 km Meridian7 km Magnolia Bluff8 km Medina8 km Eastland8 km Beaumont8.1 km Hunts Point8.7 km Hunt's Point8.7 km Clyde8.8 km Fortuna8.9 km Boddy8.9 km Moorland8.9 km Clyde Hill9 km Mercer Island9.1 km Lucerne9.2 km Yarrow Point9.7 km Bellevue9.9 km Beaux Arts Village10 km Jensen Trailer Mobile Home Court10 km Boulevard Park10 km Glendale10 km Morningside11 km Westward Mobile Park11 km Lavilla11 km Newport Shores11 km North Park11 km Midlakes11 km Northrup11 km Riverton-Boulevard Park11 km Suburban Villa Mobile Home Park12 km Woodridge12 km Hazelwood12 km Beverly Park12 km Norwood Village12 km Lake Heights12 km Shorewood12 km Southern Heights12 km Halcyon Mobile Home Park12 km Kirkland12 km Mount View12 km Bella Mobile Home Park13 km Pines13 km May Creek13 km Kennydale13 km Newport Hills14 km Highlands14 km Riverton14 km Latona14 km Evansville14 km Somerset14 km Skyway14 km Manitou14 km Bryn Mawr-Skyway14 km Foy14 km Lake Park14 km Empire View Mobile Home Park14 km Snyders Corner14 km Evergreen14 km Vue Mobile Home Park14 km Eastgate14 km Rose Hill14 km Robinswood14 km Paramount Park14 km Foster14 km Firwood Lane Mobile Home Park15 km Sunset Village15 km Inglewood-Finn Hill15 km Highline15 km Southgate Mobile Home Park15 km Parkwood15 km

All 386 towns and villages in King County Washington

Seattle from above

Around Seattle41 places to see, do and reach nearby

Lake WashingtonNature3.7 mi Lake UnionNature2.3 mi Ravenna CreekNature4.5 mi Lake BellevueNature7.1 mi Yesler CreekNature4.1 mi Fauntleroy CreekNature6.4 mi Harbor Island, WashingtonNature2.1 mi Alki Beach ParkNature3.9 mi Tiger MountainMountain20 mi West Tiger MountainMountain18 mi Squak MountainMountain16 mi Green Mountain (Kitsap County, Washington)Mountain22 mi Cougar MountainMountain13 mi Bald Hill (Snohomish County, Washington)Mountain21 mi Seattle Scuba SchoolDive site2.2 mi Seacrest ParkDive site2.5 mi Discount Divers SupplyDive site2.6 mi Space NeedleMonument1.3 mi Fairmont Olympic HotelMonument0.2 mi Seattle TowerMonument0.2 mi Union Station, SeattleMonument0.6 mi Rainier ClubMonumentunder 0.1 mi Arctic BuildingMonument0.2 mi Federal Reserve Bank Building, SeattleMonument0.2 mi Pioneer Building, SeattleMonument0.3 mi Seattle Art MuseumMuseum0.3 mi Museum of Pop CultureMuseum1.3 mi Seattle Asian Art MuseumMuseum1.9 mi Pacific Science CenterMuseum1.3 mi Living Computers: Museum + LabsMuseum1.6 mi Seattle King StreetStation0.6 mi TukwilaStation11 mi EdmondsStation14 mi Seattle WaterfrontFerry port0.4 mi SeattleFerry port0.4 mi BellevuePlace6.1 mi KirklandPlace7.7 mi RentonPlace10 mi BurienPlace9.4 mi BothellPlace12 mi ShorelinePlace10 mi

Postal codes

98101–98102981049810998111–9811298114981169811998121–981229812498126–9812798129981319813498138–981399814198144–981459815498160–98161981649817098174981819818598190–9819198194–9819598199

Getting to Seattle

King County International Airport - Boeing FieldBFI

9.1 km

Seattle–Tacoma International AirportSEA

18 km

Seattle Paine Field International AirportPAE

34 km

Seattle King StreetRailway station

1 km

TukwilaRailway station

18 km

EdmondsRailway station

23 km

Seattle WaterfrontFerry port

0.7 km

SeattleBainbridge · Bremerton Seattle Fast Ferry · Port Orchard Foot Ferry

0.7 km

Places near Seattle

9.9 km

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Frequently asked questions

When is the best time to visit Seattle?

Based on 30-year climate normals, July, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Seattle.

What is the hottest month in Seattle?

August is the warmest month, with average highs of 76°F and lows of 56°F.

What is the coldest month in Seattle?

December is the coldest month, with average highs of 47°F and lows of 37°F.

What is the rainiest month in Seattle?

March is the wettest month with about 4.2 in of precipitation on 22 wet days.

What is the postal code of Seattle?

Seattle has 35 postal codes: 98101–98102, 98104, 98109, 98111–98112, 98114, 98116, 98119, 98121–98122, 98124, 98126–98127, 98129, 98131 ….