Best time to visit Juneau

United States · North America

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

The year in Juneau

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Go in Jun — 16C max, 16 rainy days.

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Things to do in Juneau

Mendenhall Glacier This is a massive 1.5-mile-wide glacier calving into its own lake about 13 miles north…
Alaska State Capitol Completed in 1931 as the territorial capitol…
Shrine of St Therese This is a Catholic retreat center operated by the Diocese of Juneau…
Gold Belt Tram There is a tram that runs from the docks in downtown Juneau up Mount Roberts…
Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church Tiny ornate octagonal structure that was built by the Tlingits in 1893.
Alaska State Museum One of Alaska's best exhibits covering the breadth of the state's history…
Perseverance Theatre Theatre in Juneau, Alaska, United States

Tours and tickets in Juneau

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Juneau), 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

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	0°	19d	76%	2.2h	avoid	monsoon: 19 rainy days, 321mm
Feb	-1°	15d	73%	4.3h	avoid	bitter cold: -1C daily max
Mar	2°	16d	72%	5.8h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 202mm
Apr	6°	16d	77%	7.2h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 196mm
May	11°	17d	81%	8.2h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 224mm
Jun	16°	16d	82%	9.0h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	18°	15d	85%	8.8h	avoid	monsoon: 15 rainy days, 222mm
Aug	17°	18d	86%	8.0h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 337mm
Sep	14°	19d	86%	5.8h	avoid	monsoon: 19 rainy days, 402mm
Oct	8°	21d	86%	3.6h	avoid	monsoon: 21 rainy days, 421mm
Nov	2°	20d	79%	2.1h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 304mm
Dec	0°	20d	77%	1.5h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 345mm

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

Weather read at downtown Juneau, 11 km from the airport (JNU): 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 June to August; quietest in February, March, April, October and November.

Then and now

Juneau's November days now average 2.3°C, 3.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 4 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	-1.8°	-2.1°	1.8°	5.3°	9.0°	13.9°	17.1°	16.7°	13.3°	6.2°	-1.4°	-1.9°
2017–26	-0.1°	-0.8°	1.7°	6.3°	11.2°	15.8°	17.6°	17.4°	13.8°	8.0°	2.3°	-0.5°
Change	+1.6°	+1.3°	-0.0°	+1.0°	+2.3°	+1.9°	+0.5°	+0.7°	+0.5°	+1.7°	+3.6°	+1.4°

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

How far Juneau is, and what it costs, 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 Juneau

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.

Downtown Juneau is compact and very walkable, though above 4th Street it gets very hilly. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Juneau, 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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Juneau in pictures

Calle Front, Juneau, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017 08 17, DD 24 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Puerto de Juneau, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017 08 17, DD 12 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Juneau, Alaska waterfront — i

David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Downtown Juneau and Douglas Island — i

Mark Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

1993 Juneau below gf301 — i

Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Juneau is like

Juneau (JOO-noh) is the capital of Alaska, in the state's Southeastern region. Juneau is on the North American mainland and yet cannot be reached by land. Effectively, the rugged mountains surrounding it make Juneau into an island city, reachable only by air or by sea. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Alaska State Museum, 395 Whittier St. Tue-Sat. Summer: 9AM to 5PM, winter: 10AM to 4PM. One of Alaska's best exhibits covering the breadth of the state's history, native cultures, wildlife, industry, and art. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: The most popular activities in Juneau for visitors are shopping, flight seeing, charter fishing, brown bear viewing, visiting the Mendenhall Glacier, and hiking. Be aware that Juneau is very spread-out. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Juneau is Alaska's capital and is on the mainland, but you can't get there by road or rail. Southeast Alaska is sandwiched between the rugged coastal mountain range and the Pacific Ocean. More on Wikivoyage

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

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Juneau 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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