Best time to visit Virginia Beach
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Virginia Beach
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- JanJVirginia Beach in January: ok
- FebFVirginia Beach in February: ok
- MarMVirginia Beach in March: good
- AprAVirginia Beach in April: sweet spot
- MayMVirginia Beach in May: good
- JunJVirginia Beach in June: good, busy
- JulJVirginia Beach in July: good, busy
- AugAVirginia Beach in August: good, busy
- SepSVirginia Beach in September: sweet spot
- OctOVirginia Beach in October: sweet spot
- NovNVirginia Beach in November: good
- DecDVirginia Beach in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Virginia Beach
- Mount Trashmore World-renowned Mount Trashmore Park is,, over long, and was created by compacting layers of solid waste and clean soil.
- First Landing State Park The most-visited state park in Virginia, contains of protected salt marsh habitat, bay and dune maritime forests and freshwater ponds.
- Military Aviation Museum Aviation museum in Virginia, Princess Anne Road
- False Cape State Park A park featuring six miles of unspoiled beaches in an ocean-to-freshwater bay habitat.
- Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is the state’s largest and one of the most-visited aquariums in the nation.
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge An plot is made up of barrier islands, dunes, freshwater marshes, maritime forests, ponds and ocean beaches.
- Virginia Beach Convention Center The resort city is becoming a year-round meeting destination.
Tours and tickets in Virginia Beach
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Virginia Beach), 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
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 | 9° | 8d | 71% | 6.9h | ok | 9C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 12° | 9d | 74% | 7.0h | ok | 12C max, 9 rainy days |
| Mar | 15° | 8d | 70% | 8.9h | good | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 20° | 7d | 70% | 10.4h | sweet spot | 20C max, 7 rainy days |
| May | 23° | 9d | 76% | 10.8h | good | 23C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jun | 27° | 7d | 76% | 12.2h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 30° | 8d | 79% | 12.1h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 28° | 7d | 80% | 11.0h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 26° | 6d | 78% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 26C max, 6 rainy days |
| Oct | 21° | 6d | 75% | 8.6h | sweet spot | 21C max, 6 rainy days |
| Nov | 16° | 7d | 72% | 7.7h | good | 16C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 12° | 7d | 74% | 6.8h | ok | 12C max, 7 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the Oceanfront, 20 km from the airport (ORF): 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
Virginia Beach's April days now average 19.5°C, 2.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 5 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 7.6° | 9.3° | 12.3° | 16.6° | 21.7° | 26.4° | 28.6° | 27.5° | 24.7° | 19.8° | 15.8° | 10.3° |
| 2017–26 | 9.3° | 11.7° | 14.7° | 19.5° | 22.9° | 27.2° | 29.6° | 28.3° | 25.8° | 21.1° | 15.7° | 11.6° |
| Change | +1.7° | +2.4° | +2.4° | +2.9° | +1.2° | +0.7° | +1.1° | +0.9° | +1.1° | +1.3° | -0.1° | +1.2° |
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
How far Virginia Beach is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Philadelphia
- from New York
- from Charlotte
- from Boston
- from Toronto
- from Atlanta
- from Detroit
- from Nashville
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia Beach
- 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.
Virginia Beach is easily traversable during the off-season but not during the main season by car. The Boardwalk is traversable by walking or biking. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Virginia Beach, 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.
- Hospitals near Virginia Beacha search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Virginia Beacha search on Google Maps
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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- mtc.ca.gov/news/starting-wednesday-bart-riders-can-tap-bank-cards
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- metro.net/fares/how-to-pay
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Virginia Beach in pictures
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What Virginia Beach is like
Virginia Beach is a resort city in southeast Virginia on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Cape Henry Lighthouse. The first lighthouse built by the federal government, completed in 1792. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Golfing. With eight public courses in Virginia Beach and 20 in the surrounding region, players will experience intriguing, challenging greens for all handicaps, from beginner to novice to pro. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Virginia Beach is served by Norfolk International Airport (ORF IATA) in neighboring Norfolk, which is just west of the border between the two cities. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Virginia Beach, 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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