Best time to visit Williamsburg

United States · North America

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

The year in Williamsburg

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Go in Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 21C max, 7 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

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Things to do in Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg America's largest outdoor living history museum.
Jamestown The original site of the first permanent English settlement in America, from 1607.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Chain amusement park.
Jamestown Settlement Non-profit organization in the USA
Yorktown Battlefield The original site of the 1781 Battle of Yorktown, the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.
Williamsburg Winery The Williamsburg Winery offers tastings in their cellar and they have a charming restaurant with dishes that complement the wine.

Tours and tickets in Williamsburg

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Williamsburg), 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	9°	8d	69%	6.8h	ok	9C max, 8 rainy days
Feb	12°	8d	70%	6.8h	ok	12C max, 8 rainy days
Mar	16°	8d	65%	8.7h	sweet spot	16C max, 8 rainy days
Apr	21°	7d	65%	10.0h	sweet spot	21C max, 7 rainy days
May	25°	9d	71%	10.4h	sweet spot	25C max, 9 rainy days
Jun	30°	7d	71%	11.9h	sweet spot	30C max, 7 rainy days
Jul	32°	8d	75%	12.0h	ok	32C max, 8 rainy days
Aug	30°	6d	77%	10.9h	okbusy	busier than usual
Sep	27°	6d	77%	9.5h	sweet spot	27C max, 6 rainy days
Oct	22°	6d	75%	8.5h	sweet spot	22C max, 6 rainy days
Nov	16°	6d	71%	7.8h	good	16C max, 6 rainy days
Dec	11°	8d	73%	6.7h	okbusy	busier than usual

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

Weather read at Colonial Williamsburg, 24 km from the airport (PHF): 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 in August and December; quietest in January, February, March and November.

Then and now

Williamsburg's April days now average 21.4°C, 3.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	6.7°	9.6°	13.4°	18.2°	23.3°	27.9°	29.9°	28.2°	25.1°	20.0°	15.3°	9.5°
2017–26	9.1°	12.2°	15.9°	21.4°	24.9°	29.5°	31.6°	29.9°	27.1°	21.9°	15.6°	11.2°
Change	+2.4°	+2.7°	+2.6°	+3.2°	+1.6°	+1.7°	+1.8°	+1.7°	+2.0°	+1.9°	+0.3°	+1.7°

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 Richmond (RIC), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Richmond.

Richmond (RIC)	the drive is not measured yet
Norfolk (ORF)	the drive is not measured yet
Newport News (PHF)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Williamsburg is 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 Williamsburg

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.

Public transportation is limited to Oleta Coach Lines and the Williamsburg Area Transit Authority (WATA) buses. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Williamsburg, 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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Williamsburg in pictures

Colonial Williamsburg Carriage — i

Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colonial Williamsburg Tour Group 1 — i

Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Williamsburg is like

Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Today, the Colonial Williamsburg district in the center of town is a popular tourist center and people visit in droves to immerse themselves in the nation's colonial history. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The College of William & Mary. The campus is just at the end of Colonial Williamsburg's Duke of Gloucester Street. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: GO-KARTS PLUS. Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg’s Water Park. - located in Williamsburg Williamsburg Winery, 5800 Wessex Hundred. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: The main airport servicing Williamsburg is Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF IATA), in Newport News. This airport is serviced by Delta and American Eagle. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Williamsburg, 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 Williamsburg

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Williamsburg 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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