Charleston (WV) Temperature by Month

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America has an average annual maximum temperature of 19°C (66°F), ranging from 6°C (43°F) in January to 30°C (86°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.

In Charleston, temperatures differ significantly between summer and winter months. Nighttime lows reflect this range, dropping from 18°C (64°F) in July to -5°C (23°F) in January.

The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Charleston by month:

Low temperatures are most often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while highs typically occur around 3 PM.

The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:

Charleston's average annual maximum temperature is 19°C (66°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:

Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.

Glasgow, Scotland averages 13°C (55°F) a year, mild but often grey, with cold winters and rarely hot summers.

Beijing, China averages 20°C (68°F) annually, but with big seasonal swings, very cold winters and hot summers.

Brisbane, Australia averages 26°C (79°F) a year, with warm winters and hot, humid summers.

Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.

The readings come from a range of sources, land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.

For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained, so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.

For more on Charleston's weather, including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity, visit our Charleston climate page.