Cloudy skies · Nevada
How cloudy is Las Vegas?
In a typical year, the sky over Las Vegas is mostly cloudy or overcast about 24% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 61%.
February is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 36% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 12%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 34% of the time. That makes it the 5th least cloudy sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 25% of the time.
Las Vegas is clear or nearly clear about 61% of the time, and even its cloudiest month, February, is only mostly cloudy about 36%. The Strip has more lights than clouds.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 24% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 61% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 34% |
| Cloudiest month | February, 36% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 12% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Grand Junction, Colorado: mostly cloudy about 23% of the time
- Amarillo, Texas: mostly cloudy about 23% of the time
- Phoenix, Arizona: mostly cloudy about 25% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023169. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.