Climate in Boston, Massachusetts

What is the climate like in Boston, Massachusetts? There are many important factors that may affect your personal climate preferences including average temperature and humidity, annual rainfall and snow, number of cloudy days, wind speeds, and more.

Climate Comfort: Average Snowfall and Rainfall are included

In a typical year, Boston, Massachusetts temperatures fall below 50F° for 195 days per year. Annual precipitation in Boston is typically 44.6 inches per year (highAnalytics team at Dwellics grouped locations into 5 ranges for each metric: Lowest, Low, Moderate, High, Highest in the US) and snow covers the ground 52 days per year or 14.2% of the year (highAnalytics team at Dwellics grouped locations into 5 ranges for each metric: Lowest, Low, Moderate, High, Highest in the US). It may be helpful to understand the yearly precipitation by imagining 9 straight days of moderate rain per year. The humidity in Boston, Massachusetts is below 60% for approximately 25.4 days or 7.0% of the year.

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Climate Mood comfort

Sunrise and sunset times vary by region in the United States. The duration of each day and the amount of sunlight can affect people's moods in a significant way. In Boston, Massachusetts, the shortest day starts at 7:17 a.m. and ends at 4:11 p.m. and lasts for 9 hours 03 minutes. The longest day starts at 5:07 a.m. and ends at 8:25 p.m. and lasts for 15 hours 16 minutes.

Shortest day:

7:17AM

4:11PM

Longest day:

5:07AM

8:25PM

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Pros and Cons of living in Boston, Massachusetts in reviews from users in their own words:

Pros	Cons
Walkable, public transportation when it's operational, public parks, lots of activities around the community, safe, diverse restaurants	Cold winters, public transportation often unreliable, small Chinatown
Public transit	Cold, serious, fast paced
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