Wetter in Boston nach Monat
Die beste Reisezeit für Boston ist Mai, Juni und September – 90/100 im September, 24°C und 7 Regentage. Beste Jahreszeit: Sommer – Juni bis August (82/100 im Schnitt).
Der schwächste Monat ist der Januar mit 41/100 – eisig, regnerisch, sauberer Luft. Januar ansehen →
Aktualisiert: September 2026 · Klimanormalwerte aus der ERA5-Reanalyse
Planst du eine größere Reise? Beste Reisezeit Vereinigte Staaten →
Beste Jahreszeit: Juni bis August (82/100 im Schnitt) · am schwächsten im Januar (41/100)
- Tagsüber
- 24°C
- Nachts
- 15°C
- Regentage
- 7
- Sonne
- 8.5 h
- Luftfeuchte
- 76%
- Tageslicht
- 13 h

Boston, Monat für Monat
Komfort-Score von 100 für die Art Reise, für die Boston am besten passt, dazu der durchschnittliche Tageshöchstwert, Regentage und Sonnenstunden pro Tag aus den Klimanormalwerten – und wie voll es meist ist.
Was ist los in Boston übers Jahr
Festivals, Naturschauspiele, Feiertage und die Saisons, auf die du achten solltest – kuratiert und mit Quelle. Die Details stehen auf den Monatsseiten.
- April
- Boston Marathon14.–21. Apr. (meist)Festival
- Whales on Stellwagen Bank15. Apr. – 20. Okt. (meist)Natur
- Mai
- Commencement season8.–25. Mai (meist)Saison
- Juli
- Boston Pops on the Esplanade4. JuliFestival
- Independence Day3.–5. JuliFeiertag
- August
- Student move-in weekend28. Aug. – 4. Sep. (meist)Saison
- Oktober
- Head of the Charles Regatta14.–22. Okt. (meist)Festival
- Fall colour5.–28. Okt. (meist)Natur
- November
- Thanksgiving25.–29. Nov.Feiertag
- Dezember
- First Night31. Dez. – 1. Jan.Festival
- Nor'easter season1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Risiko
Andrang in Boston im September
Wie voll der Ort selbst ist – Schul- und Massenferien, die Monate, die die Redaktion markiert hat, und wie begehrt das Wetter sie macht. Fließt nie in den Komfort-Score ein.
HochbetriebStudent move-in weekend, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten(geschätzt)
HochbetriebViel losZwischensaisonRuhig
Gut zu wissen, bevor du nach Boston reist
Echte Erfahrungen aus Reiseberichten, zitiert mit Link zum Original.
Visum & Einreise
A traveler calls the Freedom Trail hands-down the highlight of his Boston visit, walking the full 2.5-mile red-brick route from Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument across the Charlestown bridge and hitting all 16 Revolutionary-War-era sites along the way. He describes the specific appeal as the trail letting you experience the city's present-day beauty and its founding history simultaneously, rather than choosing between a walking tour and a history lesson. He notes a practical navigation quirk worth knowing: the trail is marked by a literal line of bricks set into the sidewalk, and on stretches where sidewalks have been repaired or torn up, that brick line can disappear for a block or two, making a phone map or the official app a useful backup rather than relying purely on looking down. Posters generally recommend comfortable walking shoes as the single most important prep, given the full trail easily takes several unbroken hours on foot.
Notizen von Reisenden zu Boston
Was Leute sagen, die dort waren – zuerst die ganzjährigen Notizen, dann Monat für Monat.
Almost any time of the year is a good time to visit Boston. June to September is the height of the tourist season. Every corner of the city takes advantage of the warm weather and is packed with festivals and special events. While it is further north than other US cities, Boston is no stranger to the summer heat and humidity experienced by cities further south. Generally, summer heat indices average around during the day and at night; but from time to time, there are some instances each summer with daytime highs near alongside dewpoints and overnight lows around for a few days. These uncommon instances can cause outdoor activities you do at the height of an exceptionally sweltering summer day to leave you drenched in sweat, as heat indices can climb upwards to or even surpass it, but these sweltering periods generally pass after no more than a few days. There are still regularly summer days where temperatures are more moderate and comfortable with daytime temperatures around .…
Boston forum threads describe January as the coldest and snowiest stretch of the year, with typical highs in the 20s-30s Fahrenheit and real potential for a nor'easter or blizzard - winter precipitation here tends to arrive as snow rather than rain given how cold it stays. Posters were candid that snow totals are genuinely unpredictable from year to year: some Januarys bring almost nothing, others dump a couple of feet with little warning. Wind was flagged repeatedly as a real factor too, with Boston's reputation as a notably windy city compounding the cold and damp. Standard advice across threads: waterproof winter boots, real cold-weather layers, and flexible plans given how quickly conditions can change.
Locals refuse to give April a number, and they're right to. "April is a huge transition month here and it could be snowing or 85°F." Another puts the range at "the 40s or the 90s, sunny or cloudy or rain, but not usually snow" — the two posters don't even agree on whether snow is on the table, which is itself the answer. The practical advice that follows is unusually specific: "if you come on April 12th, don't pack until you check the weather on April 11th. Really." Layers, a rain jacket, a hood or hat, and warm things underneath. Our record gives April 13.4°C days and 4.7°C nights with 1.9cm of snow still on the books, plus 22.6 kph average wind — but an average is exactly the wrong tool for this month, and the forum knows it.
May warms faster here than any other month - regulars put the end of it near 72F by day and 55F at night, which is a different city from the one that started the month. Our averages sit in the middle at 20.3C over 10.4C, reading as 19C and 7C in a 19.6 kph wind. It is also among the driest months, 78mm across 9 days, so the waterproof is optional in a way it rarely is here. What is not optional is a layer for the water: the harbour is 13.4C, and whether the day feels like spring or like March depends mostly on which way the wind is coming off it. The record: humidity 73 percent, 9.7 hours of sun inside 14.6 of daylight, and AQI 43.
Regulars will not forecast June here, they give a range: the fifties to the nineties, warm by day with any of hot, humid, rainy or chilly at night. Our row's 26C over 15.7C is the middle of that and not a promise. Their packing list follows from it - plan for the eighties, add a sweater and a waterproof layer, and treat everything as removable. Rain is 79.6mm across 8.8 days. One number worth knowing before booking a boat: the harbour is 16.8C this month, so a morning on the water is a jacket occasion whatever the city is doing, helped along by an 18 kph wind. The record: humidity 73 percent, 11 hours of sun inside 15.2 of daylight, and AQI 51.
Regulars describe the first half of the month as often quite hot and humid, though the intensity typically backs off from July's peak - a pattern regulars are candid doesn't always hold, since some summers bring heat waves that persist well into August regardless. Our row backs the warm, humid read, 28.7C reading as a hot 30C at 73 percent humidity, over 19.1C nights, with 85.5mm of rain across 7.7 days. Regulars planning day trips to Cape Cod, Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard treat this month as prime season for exactly that kind of coastal escape from the city heat. The sea sits at 18.7C. The record: 10.7 hours of sun, a 16.7 kph wind and AQI 52.
Boston-forum threads on September timing point past Labor Day: September 1st is the city's biggest moving day, when students and families flood in, and the holiday weekend right after is one of the busiest of the year. Regulars say the reward for waiting is real - mid-to-late September turns noticeably more relaxed once move-in is done, with thinner crowds and cheaper rooms than either summer or the foliage season that follows. Weather holds up too: early September is still warm enough for the beach, usually less humid than August though posters admit there's no guarantee. The record: 24C days, 15.1C nights, 83mm of rain across 7.3 days, 8.5 hours of sun and a 19.3C sea - good swimming weather if you can dodge the moving trucks.
Boston's own foliage runs late, and the forum is consistent about it: early October is too early in the city, peak colour lands at the very end of October into the first days of November, and by around 20 October much of the greater-Boston leaf can already be down if there has been an early freeze or a heavy storm. For colour earlier in the month regulars send you out of the city — west to the Berkshires, or north into New Hampshire and Vermont, all car trips. The weather meanwhile is mild for the latitude: highs near 17°C, cooling to about 10 at night.
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