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Yosemite from Seattle
1,120 km, about 2h 17m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Yosemite and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
- JanJYosemite in January: ok
- FebFYosemite in February: ok
- MarMYosemite in March: ok
- AprAYosemite in April: sweet spot
- MayMYosemite in May: sweet spot
- JunJYosemite in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJYosemite in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAYosemite in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSYosemite in September: sweet spot
- OctOYosemite in October: sweet spot
- NovNYosemite in November: good
- DecDYosemite in December: ok
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11° | 8d | 80 | ok | 11C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 10° | 9d | 100 | ok | 10C max, 9 rainy days |
| Mar | 11° | 10d | 100 | ok | 11C max, 10 rainy days |
| Apr | 15° | 7d | 100 | sweet spot | 15C max, 7 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 6d | 71 | sweet spot | 20C max, 6 rainy days |
| Jun | 26° | 2d | 65 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 31° | 0d | 65 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 30° | 1d | 65 | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 26° | 2d | 88 | sweet spot | 26C max, 2 rainy days |
| Oct | 21° | 2d | 80 | sweet spot | 21C max, 2 rainy days |
| Nov | 15° | 6d | 80 | good | 15C max, 6 rainy days |
| Dec | 12° | 7d | 80 | ok | 12C max, 7 rainy days |
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 Yosemite, 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.
How busy it gets
Getting there
Fly into Fresno (FAT), then drive: about 150 km, 2h 31m by road. The flights under Where to book are to Fresno.
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
| Nonstop flight | Alaska Airlines · to Fresno (FAT) |
|---|---|
| By road | 1,484 km, about 16h 58m driving |
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 Yosemite
Yosemite experiences snow in winter and may have road closures. The summer months attract large crowds, so planning ahead is advisable.
| Busiest |
mid Jun to mid Sep — Summer months when the weather is warmest and most conducive for outdoor activities.
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|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to mid Jun — Spring period offers pleasant weather and blooming nature, though fewer tourists.
mid Sep to late Oct — Early fall with mild temperatures and changing foliage; crowd sizes taper off.
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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.
Yosemite from anywhere · everywhere from Seattle
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