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Best time to visit Las Vegas
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Las Vegas
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- JanJLas Vegas in January: good
- FebFLas Vegas in February: sweet spot
- MarMLas Vegas in March: sweet spot
- AprALas Vegas in April: sweet spot
- MayMLas Vegas in May: sweet spot
- JunJLas Vegas in June: avoid
- JulJLas Vegas in July: avoid
- AugALas Vegas in August: avoid
- SepSLas Vegas in September: avoid
- OctOLas Vegas in October: sweet spot
- NovNLas Vegas in November: good, busy
- DecDLas Vegas in December: good
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Las Vegas
- MSG Sphere at The Venetian A one-of-a-kind spherical theatre that hosts musical performances, unique films…
- Chippendales The original all male revue.
- Nellis Air Force Base Home base of the air demonstration squadron United States Air Force Thunderbirds among…
- Fremont Street Experience A pedestrian mall lined by many of the downtown casinos…
- Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Possibly the most famous of Las Vegas' many signs…
- KÀ Spectacular show that tells a tale of imperial twins on a journey to fulfill their…
- High Roller Opened in April 2014, this is the world's tallest Ferris wheel at 550 feet.
Tours and tickets in Las Vegas
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Las Vegas/Downtown, Las Vegas/North Las Vegas, Las Vegas/The Strip, Las Vegas/West of I-15), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° | 2d | 43% | 8.6h | good | 14C max, 2 rainy days |
| Feb | 17° | 3d | 36% | 9.4h | sweet spot | 17C max, 3 rainy days |
| Mar | 21° | 2d | 31% | 10.5h | sweet spot | 21C max, 2 rainy days |
| Apr | 27° | 0d | 20% | 12.3h | sweet spot | 27C max, 0 rainy days |
| May | 31° | 0d | 19% | 13.0h | sweet spot | 31C max, 0 rainy days |
| Jun | 38° | 0d | 14% | 13.7h | avoid | extreme heat: 24 days over 35C |
| Jul | 41° | 0d | 19% | 13.2h | avoid | extreme heat: 30 days over 35C |
| Aug | 40° | 1d | 22% | 12.5h | avoid | extreme heat: 29 days over 35C |
| Sep | 35° | 0d | 22% | 11.5h | avoid | extreme heat: 17 days over 35C |
| Oct | 28° | 0d | 23% | 10.7h | sweet spot | 28C max, 0 rainy days |
| Nov | 19° | 1d | 31% | 9.2h | goodbusy | holidays: US: Thanksgiving Day |
| Dec | 14° | 2d | 39% | 8.1h | good | 14C max, 2 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the Strip, 11 km from the city centre: 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
Then and now
Las Vegas's August days now average 39.7°C, 3.2°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 | 13.4° | 16.0° | 20.1° | 25.3° | 30.3° | 36.1° | 38.0° | 36.5° | 32.3° | 25.7° | 18.1° | 12.9° |
| 2017–26 | 14.0° | 17.0° | 21.4° | 27.0° | 31.4° | 38.1° | 40.9° | 39.7° | 35.2° | 27.5° | 19.3° | 14.3° |
| Change | +0.6° | +1.0° | +1.4° | +1.6° | +1.1° | +2.0° | +2.9° | +3.2° | +2.9° | +1.8° | +1.2° | +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 Las Vegas is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Los Angeles
- from San Francisco
- from Seattle
- from Vancouver
- from Mexico City
- from Chicago
- from Toronto
- from Miami
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Las Vegas, flying or 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. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. 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 Las Vegas
For the Deuce bus along the Strip, buy a ticket (one way $4, a 24-hour pass $8) in the rideRTC app, from ticket machines at some stops, or on board. The Monorail, from MGM Grand to SAHARA, has its own tickets: $6.25 a ride or $15.50 for a 1-day pass at the station machines, which take credit and debit cards, or $5.75 and $13.95 as mobile tickets bought online and scanned at the gate.
- 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.
If traveling along the Strip, walking is a reasonable option as the hotel-casinos are close to each other. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Las Vegas, 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.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
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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Las Vegas in pictures
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What Las Vegas is like
In the midst of the southern Nevada desert, Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada. Nicknamed Sin City, Las Vegas and its surrounding communities are famed for their mega-casino resorts, often lavishly decorated with names and themes meant to evoke romance, mystery, and exotic destinations. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Set in the middle of the desert of Nevada, Las Vegas can seem unreal at first sight. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- There's a great deal to do in Las Vegas; in addition to the gambling, the city is most famous for, you can for instance see a show, ride amusement park rides, watch and do sports or try to escape from an escape room. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Southern Californians crowd I-15 every weekend going back and forth to Vegas, and from the Bay Area the quickest route comes down Interstate 5 through the Central Valley, takes State Route 58 east from Bakersfield… More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- The LVMPD is the primary law enforcement agency within Las Vegas and the unincorporated area of Clark County. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying healthy
- For non-emergency healthcare, there are several businesses offering same-day, walk-in care, such as UMC Quick Care. If you're staying in a hotel, the front desk will be able to recommend one to you. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas
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- Miami best Jan, Feb, Mar
- New Orleans best Mar, Apr, May
- New York best May, Jul, Oct
- Oahu best May, Sep, Oct
- Park City best Feb, Mar, Jun
- Philadelphia best Apr, May, Sep
- San Diego best Apr, May, Sep
- San Francisco best May, Oct, Nov
- Scottsdale best Mar, Apr, Oct
- Seattle best Apr, May, Jul
- The Grand Canyon best Apr, May, Oct
- Washington DC best Apr, May, Oct
- Yellowstone best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Yosemite best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Zion best Apr, May, Oct
Nearby
- Vancouver Canada · 1,592 km
- Mexico City Mexico · 2,432 km
- Toronto Canada · 3,140 km
- Montreal Canada · 3,610 km
Kind of place
Las Vegas 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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