Climate averages 1991–2020
Portland weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; July has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: JuneJulyAugustSeptember
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Portland averages a daytime high of 16.7°C and a nighttime low of 7.3°C, with about 1,211 mm of rain on roughly 143 days. August is the warmest month (average high 27.6°C) and December the coolest (7.7°C). December is the wettest month with 193 mm; July is the driest with 12 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): June, July, August and September. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Portland
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Portland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 167 | 17.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 130 | 15.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 145 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 115 | 16.1 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 43 | 7.6 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 2.3 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 14 | 2.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 42 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 106 | 11.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 174 | 17.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 193 | 18.0 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- BeavertonUnited States · 11 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 1,211 mm rain a year
- Vancouver, United StatesUnited States · 13 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 1,534 mm rain a year
- GreshamUnited States · 19 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 1,567 mm rain a year
- HillsboroUnited States · 24 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 1,235 mm rain a year
- Salem, United StatesUnited States · 70 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 1,049 mm rain a year
- EugeneUnited States · 167 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 1,291 mm rain a year
- TacomaUnited States · 193 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 1,170 mm rain a year
- BendUnited States · 195 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 544 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC-8, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 45.50°, -122.70° (3 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.4°C for the difference between the city's elevation (15 m) and the cell's (73 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 45.50°, -122.75°. Beaverton lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.