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The Golf Trip Weather Calendar

Name: The Golf Trip Weather Calendar
Creator: Tee Traveler
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We checked ten years of daily weather at 53 golf trip destinations and counted the days that are good for golf: a high between 55 and 90°F, little or no rain, and wind under 20 mph. Here's the best month to go to each one, and where to golf in every month of the year.

Most golf-friendly days, year-roundSan Diego: 92%

Best month in the CarolinasOctober

Best month in the Desert SouthwestNovember

Headline findings

Fall beats spring. 24 of 53 destinations have their most golf-friendly weather in September or October. Spring is the busy trip season, but fall usually has the better weather.
Myrtle Beach: 84% of October days are golf-friendly, vs. 77% in April, the traditional spring-trip month.
Scottsdale: 91% in November and 84% in January. In summer, heat over 90°F rules out most days.
Pebble Beach: 100% golf-friendly in July. Just before the 2027 U.S. Open there in June, the share is 95%.
St Andrews: 65% in July, the month of the 2027 Open, and 66% in August. Pack layers: most other months are cool.

Where to golf, month by month

Month	Best weather
January	Los Cabos 98% · Palm Springs 87% · Scottsdale 84%
February	Los Cabos 97% · Palm Springs 90% · San Diego 84%
March	Los Cabos 97% · Palm Springs 88% · St. George 84%
April	San Diego 92% · Los Cabos 85% · Kiawah Island 81%
May	San Diego 95% · Gamble Sands 91% · Pebble Beach & Monterey 89%
June	San Diego 99% · Pebble Beach & Monterey 95% · Park City & Salt Lake City 90%
July	Pebble Beach & Monterey 100% · San Diego 99% · Bandon Dunes 97%
August	Pebble Beach & Monterey 100% · San Diego 98% · Bandon Dunes 98%
September	Pebble Beach & Monterey 97% · San Diego 94% · The Algarve 88%
October	San Diego 95% · Pebble Beach & Monterey 91% · St. George 86%
November	Palm Springs 94% · San Diego 91% · Scottsdale 91%
December	Los Cabos 98% · Palm Springs 91% · San Diego 89%

The full calendar

Share of days that are golf-friendly, by month. Darker is better.

Destination	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
San Diego	81	84	80	92	95	99	99	98	94	95	91	89	92
Pebble Beach & Monterey	60	56	52	72	89	95	100	100	97	91	81	65	80
The Algarve	80	82	71	79	87	79	57	54	88	83	82	83	77
Los Cabos	98	97	97	85	69	61	29	29	47	55	89	98	71
Kiawah Island	50	69	78	81	71	57	37	47	65	84	76	56	64
Hilton Head	47	66	76	77	70	58	43	47	64	82	78	59	64
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach	51	66	68	76	73	57	49	40	65	79	80	62	64
Ponte Vedra & TPC Sawgrass	70	76	75	79	68	44	29	36	50	72	79	80	63
Charleston	48	65	74	78	67	51	39	49	67	83	74	56	63
Myrtle Beach	36	60	70	77	67	53	35	48	67	84	74	50	60
Sea Island	61	71	72	77	62	40	27	30	53	75	77	69	59
Reynolds Lake Oconee	32	57	66	76	67	46	23	35	63	83	73	43	55
Pinehurst	24	49	64	79	63	51	24	43	68	85	67	36	54
Orlando	77	78	79	68	41	17	10	12	33	68	82	86	54
Streamsong	81	81	75	65	29	14	9	10	26	73	88	87	53
Bandon Dunes	15	15	15	34	70	86	97	98	86	72	35	15	53
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail	35	59	65	76	64	39	15	18	46	83	76	50	52
Williamsburg	14	34	51	70	63	58	30	55	70	82	58	26	51
Palm Springs	87	90	88	63	35	3	0	0	9	55	94	91	51
Maui	67	56	58	53	50	47	24	36	50	63	56	54	51
The Greenbrier	8	20	40	57	62	69	65	71	75	73	45	13	50
Texas Hill Country	60	68	72	70	41	24	8	7	42	71	75	69	50
The Broadmoor	5	13	36	59	63	68	64	74	85	77	42	16	50
Big Cedar Lodge	19	39	59	64	60	46	30	40	66	74	57	34	49
Tucson	80	82	83	65	28	0	2	3	14	53	90	87	49
Bend	4	13	19	51	76	84	74	78	81	65	22	3	48
St. George	36	70	84	81	50	4	0	2	22	86	83	47	47
Houston	53	62	65	63	44	23	8	7	41	67	72	66	47
French Lick	5	21	38	59	64	52	46	62	77	75	37	12	46
Scottsdale	84	83	79	47	19	0	0	0	5	43	91	89	45
Las Vegas	66	67	72	56	30	2	0	0	14	69	87	69	44
Vail Valley & Summit County	0	0	5	25	66	87	92	88	88	60	11	0	44
Bethpage State Park	1	5	19	45	67	71	62	68	74	69	28	4	43
Dallas-Fort Worth & PGA Frisco	38	47	57	58	52	25	9	11	40	65	66	51	43
Park City & Salt Lake City	0	0	1	19	61	90	94	90	85	54	14	0	42
Gamble Sands	0	1	35	80	91	71	33	38	79	73	7	1	42
Niagara	0	2	11	32	67	71	68	71	77	51	14	1	39
Lake Geneva	0	5	14	37	61	65	73	75	78	47	17	1	39
Cape Cod	0	2	3	22	59	70	75	76	71	59	20	1	38
Sand Valley	0	2	12	34	65	63	68	72	75	48	12	0	38
Lake George & Saratoga	0	2	11	40	66	65	60	67	78	57	11	0	38
Nemacolin	4	10	25	39	46	57	56	62	70	57	19	3	37
Kohler & Whistling Straits	0	2	5	22	57	72	73	75	78	45	14	1	37
Turning Stone	0	5	11	34	61	61	61	63	75	51	12	0	36
Peek'n Peak	0	3	14	28	56	65	64	64	72	45	13	1	36
Nebraska Sand Hills	2	10	29	34	53	54	48	58	62	53	29	6	36
Northern Michigan	0	1	4	23	62	67	73	75	74	32	10	0	35
Southwest Ireland	1	3	15	40	62	62	63	61	60	43	11	1	35
Muskoka	0	0	2	20	61	70	71	72	70	35	6	0	34
Royal County Down & Portrush	1	2	9	20	61	62	66	64	60	37	7	2	33
St Andrews & Fife	0	2	7	15	50	65	65	66	60	25	5	0	30
Scottish Highlands (Dornoch)	1	2	8	24	51	63	66	63	52	19	5	0	30
Cabot Cape Breton	0	0	2	6	33	60	71	72	64	39	3	0	29

Hover a cell for the breakdown: rainy days, hot days, cool days and windy days.

Methodology

Data: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis), daily values for 2016 to 2025 at each destination's coordinates (3,653 days per destination).
Golf-friendly day: High of 55-90°F, under 0.10 in of rain, wind under 20 mph. Reanalysis data is modelled for the area, so it smooths out very local effects like sea breezes and mountain showers.
Limits: this is about weather only. Course seasons, closures and aeration dates vary, so check with the course. Many golfers happily play below 55°F.
Updated: 2026-11-09.

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