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Anchorage from Seattle
2,308 km, about 3h 44m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Anchorage and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
- JanJAnchorage in January: avoid
- FebFAnchorage in February: avoid
- MarMAnchorage in March: avoid
- AprAAnchorage in April: good
- MayMAnchorage in May: good
- JunJAnchorage in June: sweet spot
- JulJAnchorage in July: good, busy
- AugAAnchorage in August: good, busy
- SepSAnchorage in September: ok
- OctOAnchorage in October: avoid
- NovNAnchorage in November: avoid
- DecDAnchorage in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month from Seattle
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Crowds | Verdict | Why |
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| Jan | -6° | 8d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: -6C daily max |
| Feb | -4° | 7d | 100 | avoid | bitter cold: -4C daily max |
| Mar | 0° | 6d | 100 | avoid | bitter cold: 0C daily max |
| Apr | 7° | 6d | 100 | good | 7C max, 6 rainy days |
| May | 13° | 8d | 100 | good | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| Jun | 19° | 6d | 80 | sweet spot | 19C max, 6 rainy days |
| Jul | 20° | 10d | 65 | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 18° | 12d | 65 | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 13° | 13d | 100 | ok | 13C max, 13 rainy days |
| Oct | 6° | 12d | 80 | avoid | 6C max, 12 rainy days |
| Nov | -3° | 9d | 72 | avoid | bitter cold: -3C daily max |
| Dec | -5° | 10d | 45 | avoid | bitter cold: -5C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in US as well as at Anchorage, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
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Getting there
| Nonstop flight | Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
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Nonstop routes from Wikipedia's airport articles (CC BY-SA 4.0), roads from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, ferries from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Times are typical, not a schedule, and none of this is a fare — the searches below are where prices live.
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The year in Anchorage
Anchorage experiences cold winters and brief summers. Daylight varies greatly throughout the year, which may affect travel plans.
| Busiest |
mid Jun to late Aug — This is the warmest period with the longest days, attracting the highest number of tourists.
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| Quieter, still good |
early May to mid Jun — Milder weather and fewer tourists make this an appealing time for visitors.
early Sep to late Sep — Cooler temperatures and fall colors offer a quieter experience.
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Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.
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