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Best time to visit Mount Hood
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Mount Hood
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- JanJMount Hood in January: avoid
- FebFMount Hood in February: avoid
- MarMMount Hood in March: avoid
- AprAMount Hood in April: avoid
- MayMMount Hood in May: ok, busy
- JunJMount Hood in June: good, busy
- JulJMount Hood in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAMount Hood in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSMount Hood in September: sweet spot
- OctOMount Hood in October: ok
- NovNMount Hood in November: avoid
- DecDMount Hood in December: avoid
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Things to do in Mount Hood
- Timberline Lodge Hotel in Oregon, USA
- Tom Dick and Harry Mountain Mountain in United States of America
- Ramona Falls Waterfall
- Little Niagara Falls Waterfall in Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness
- Frustration Falls Waterfall in Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness
Tours and tickets in Mount Hood
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, 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 | 2° | 18d | 80% | 4.5h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 271mm |
| Feb | 1° | 17d | 84% | 4.8h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 264mm |
| Mar | 4° | 18d | 82% | 6.9h | avoid | monsoon: 18 rainy days, 205mm |
| Apr | 7° | 16d | 79% | 8.6h | avoid | monsoon: 16 rainy days, 182mm |
| May | 12° | 12d | 78% | 10.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 16° | 8d | 74% | 12.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 21° | 2d | 62% | 14.0h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 22° | 3d | 62% | 12.7h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 18° | 8d | 70% | 10.1h | sweet spot | 18C max, 8 rainy days |
| Oct | 11° | 12d | 75% | 7.3h | ok | 11C max, 12 rainy days |
| Nov | 5° | 17d | 83% | 4.8h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 261mm |
| Dec | 2° | 20d | 86% | 3.4h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 337mm |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Government Camp, below Timberline: 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
Mount Hood's December days now average 2.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 1 of 12 months are clearly warmer, 3 clearly cooler.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 1.8° | 2.3° | 5.4° | 8.7° | 12.9° | 17.9° | 21.4° | 22.6° | 17.7° | 12.4° | 3.9° | 0.3° |
| 2017–26 | 2.5° | 1.0° | 3.6° | 6.6° | 12.0° | 15.8° | 21.4° | 21.8° | 17.5° | 11.0° | 5.0° | 2.5° |
| Change | +0.7° | -1.3° | -1.8° | -2.1° | -0.9° | -2.1° | -0.0° | -0.8° | -0.2° | -1.3° | +1.0° | +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 Mount Hood is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Seattle
- from Vancouver
- from San Francisco
- from Calgary
- from Salt Lake City
- from Las Vegas
- from Los Angeles
- from San Diego
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Mount Hood, 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 Mount Hood
- 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.
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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- omny.info
- omny.info/fares
- clippercard.com/contactless-payments
- clippercard.com/pay-with-phone
- mtc.ca.gov/news/starting-wednesday-bart-riders-can-tap-bank-cards
- sfcta.org/blogs/next-generation-clipper-tap-pay-here
- metro.net/fares/how-to-pay
- transitchicago.com/howto/pay-for-your-fare
- info.myorca.com/contactless
- miamidade.gov/global/service.page?Mduid_service=ser1565197498854306
- mbta.com/fares/charlie/tap-ride
- holocard.net/for-visitors
- holocard.net/help
- sdmts.com/fares/pronto-ways-pay
- ridepronto.com
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/fares
- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/lepass
- capmetro.org/fares
- wmata.com/fares
- wmata.com/pay/tap-ride-go.html
- muni.org/Departments/transit/PeopleMover/Pages/FaresandPasses.aspx
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- lyft.com/rider/cities/new-york-ny
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- visittheusa.com/travel-trade/faq
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- infobip.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
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- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
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- lvmonorail.com/ticket-information
- lvmonorail.com/frequently-asked-questions
- apps.apple.com/us/app/ridertc/id909691507
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Mount Hood in pictures
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U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
What Mount Hood is like
Mount Hood (height 11,249 feet) is the highest mountain in the state of Oregon and a major outdoor recreation site in the Pacific Northwest. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Timberline Lodge. A National Historic Landmark constructed by the Works Progress Administration, it is notable in film for serving as the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- There are many things to do including downhill skiing and snowboarding, hiking, and cross country skiing. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- The main route into the Mount Hood area is U.S. 26. The quickest way to get to U.S. 26 from Portland is to follow Interstate 84 east, take any of the Gresham exits, then follow the road south to U.S. 26 (Powell Street). More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Always check the local weather before heading up to the mountain. It is not uncommon for chains or snow tires to be advised or required. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mount Hood, 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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Mount Hood 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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