Sacramento CA Average Temperatures by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Sacramento, California during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 80, 90 or 100 °F monthly and annually in Sacramento, scroll down farther. There are also counts of nights with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Sacramento, 2010 to 2019
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
58	39	January	14	4
62	41	February	17	5
67	45	March	19	7
73	48	April	23	9
88	57	May	31	14
89	57	June	32	14
93	60	July	34	15
91	59	August	33	15
88	57	September	31	14
79	51	October	26	11
65	43	November	19	6
58	38	December	14	4
75	49	Year	24	10

30-year temperature averages for Sacramento, 1991 to 2020
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
57	41	January	14	5
62	44	February	17	7
68	47	March	20	8
74	49	April	23	10
81	54	May	27	12
89	59	June	32	15
94	61	July	35	16
94	61	August	34	16
89	59	September	32	15
79	53	October	26	12
65	45	November	19	7
56	41	December	14	5
76	51	Year	24	11

Days of Hot Weather in Sacramento

Sacramento averages 23 days a year of 100-degree-Fahrenheit weather, which can happen anytime from May to October.

Days per month in Sacramento of at least 80, 90 or 100 °F
	80 °F 27 °C	90 °F 32 °C	100 °F 38 °C
January	0	0	0
February	0	0	0
March	2	0	0
April	8	1	0
May	18	7	1
June	26	15	4
July	31	24	8
August	30	24	7
September	27	16	3
October	15	4	0
November	1	0	0
December	0	0	0
Year	158	90	23

How Often Sacramento Has Cold Temperatures

Sacramento gets a few chilly nights during winter. Temperatures drop to freezing four times a year on average, mainly in December and January. Normally it doesn't get as cold as 20 °F (-8 °C).

During the day Sacramento always warms up to above freezing. All but seven days a year on average reach at least 50 °F (10 °C).

Days per month on average in Sacramento when the minimum temperature drops to 32 or 40 °F or below
	32 °F 0 °C	40 °F 4 °C
January	2	14
February	0	7
March	0	3
April	0	1
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	0
November	0	6
December	2	16
Year	4	46

Sacramento Temperatures: Averages by Month

Days of Hot Weather in Sacramento

How Often Sacramento Has Cold Temperatures

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