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Nashville, TN — best months to visit

Music City — honky-tonks, hot chicken, and the Ryman.

Best months for Nashville: October — cool days around 74°F, rain on about 8 days a month.

Averages are the 1991–2020 climate normals (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information) for the station named on each page. Rain days = days with at least 0.01 in of precipitation. Daylight is computed for the middle of the month.

All twelve months

Month	Score	Avg high	Avg low	Rain	Rain days	Daylight	Verdict
January	64	49°	30°	4.02 in	11	9h 57m	A shoulder month
February	73	54°	33°	4.47 in	11	10h 49m	A good month
March	85	63°	40°	4.52 in	12	11h 51m	One of the best months
April	90	73°	49°	4.72 in	11	13h 04m	One of the best months
May	80	80°	58°	5.02 in	12	14h 04m	One of the best months
June	67	88°	66°	4.36 in	11	14h 36m	A good month
July	60	91°	70°	4.16 in	10	14h 23m	A shoulder month
August	62	90°	69°	3.79 in	9	13h 32m	A shoulder month
September	78	84°	62°	3.80 in	8	12h 22m	A good month
October ★ Best	93	74°	50°	3.36 in	8	11h 12m	One of the best months
November	86	61°	39°	3.86 in	9	10h 12m	One of the best months
December	69	52°	33°	4.43 in	11	9h 43m	A good month

Score is rule-derived from the same normals — the rules are published on How we pick. Rain days = days with at least 0.01 in of precipitation.

October in Nashville: one of the best months (score 93 of 100)

Typical October days in Nashville reach about 74°F with nights near 50°F.

• A warm jacket for evenings and early starts.
• Layers — afternoons run about 24° warmer than mornings.
• A compact rain layer — about 8 days see rain in a typical October.

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