Windy cities · California
How windy is San Diego?
San Diego right now
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- Today68°F / 63°FClouds
- Tomorrow73°F / 57°FClouds
- Monday68°F / 61°FClouds
Zero drama, zero charm.
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Across a typical year, the wind in San Diego averages about 6.1 mph.
May is the windiest month, at about 7.2 mph, and November the calmest, at about 4.7 mph. There’s no wind at all about 19% of the time. That makes it the joint 13th least windy of the 124 US cities we track.
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The strongest average wind in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 8 mph.
San Diego averages about 6.1 mph of wind, a gentle ocean breeze that seems to have been ordered from a catalogue.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The wind at a glance
| Average wind speed, all year | 6.1 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | May, 7.2 mph |
| Calmest month | November, 4.7 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 19% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Birmingham, Alabama: about 6.1 mph
- Phoenix, Arizona: about 6.1 mph
- Reno, Nevada: about 6.1 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00023188. Average wind speed, not gusts.