Best time to visit Astoria

United States · North America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Astoria

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Go in Jul–Sep — these months score within a whisker of each other; 20C max, 3 rainy days. Jun is the next best.

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Things to do in Astoria

Fort Astoria Recreation of the original Fort Astoria settlement with interpretive signs.
Astoria Column Registered in the National Register of Historic Places, the 125-foot-high column sits 600 feet above the town of Astoria, providing spectacular panoramic views.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park USA national park located in Astoria, Oregon
Flavel House Museum A Queen Anne-style house built in 1884-85 for Captain George Flavel and his family and restored to reflect the Victorian period.
Oregon Film Museum Celebrates film making in the state of Oregon.
Columbia River Maritime Museum Explore interactive activities that show different aspects of life and work on the Columbia River.
Doughboy Monument Monument located in Astoria, Oregon, in the United States

Tours and tickets in Astoria

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Astoria), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	10°	17d	80%	4.3h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 282mm
Feb	9°	17d	82%	5.4h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 218mm
Mar	10°	16d	82%	6.8h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 198mm
Apr	13°	15d	79%	8.5h	ok	13C max, 15 rainy days
May	15°	10d	80%	10.2h	okbusy	busier than usual
Jun	17°	8d	80%	11.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jul	19°	2d	82%	12.2h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	20°	3d	82%	11.1h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	19°	7d	82%	9.5h	sweet spot	19C max, 7 rainy days
Oct	16°	12d	81%	7.2h	ok	16C max, 12 rainy days
Nov	12°	18d	83%	4.7h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 273mm
Dec	10°	19d	83%	3.7h	avoid	monsoon: 19 rainy days, 300mm

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at downtown, on the Columbia: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from May to August; quietest in February, March, April, November and December.

Then and now

Astoria's December days now average 9.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	8.7°	8.9°	10.9°	12.1°	13.9°	16.1°	17.8°	18.9°	18.0°	14.6°	10.2°	7.6°
2017–26	9.7°	8.6°	10.5°	12.6°	15.0°	17.2°	19.1°	20.4°	19.2°	15.5°	11.6°	9.8°
Change	+1.0°	-0.3°	-0.4°	+0.4°	+1.1°	+1.1°	+1.3°	+1.5°	+1.2°	+0.9°	+1.3°	+2.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Portland (PDX), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Portland.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Astoria is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.

Getting around Astoria

Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.

The Astoria Riverfront Trolley runs along the Riverfront between Basin St & 39th St (Pier Retail complex), $1 for a round trip, $2 for full day. Schedule changes seasonally and is subject to weather. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Astoria, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Astoria in pictures

Astoria Megler Bridge heading north 01 — i

Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Astoria, Oregon skyline (2024) — i

Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Astoria, Oregon panoramio — i

Sam Beebe/Ecotrust, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oregon Coast at Astoria (8237527511) — i

Jeff Gunn from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Astoria is like

Astoria is a city on the Northern Oregon Coast. It is a small rainy town on the edge of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Astoria Column, Coxcomb Dr (Atop Coxcomb Hill. Follow signs from 14th St or 16th St). Gift shop: April-Sept 9AM-6PM, Oct-March 10AM-5PM. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Drive around town and spot filming locations for various movies filmed in the area. These include: The Goonies, Kindergarten Cop, Short Circuit and Free Willy. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: & U.S. Route 101 runs north-south through the city; the Astoria-Megler Bridge to Washington terminates near downtown (at W Maine Dr). U.S. Route 30 provides access from the east, including Portland. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Astoria, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Astoria

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Astoria is in United States, North America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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