Muscle Shoals (AL) Temperature by Month
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States of America has an average annual maximum temperature of 22°C (72°F), ranging from 10°C (50°F) in January to 32°C (90°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Muscle Shoals Monthly Temperatures
Visitors to Muscle Shoals can expect significant temperature changes throughout the year. Nighttime temperatures also vary widely, ranging from 21°C (70°F) in July to -1°C (30°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Muscle Shoals by month:
From around 4 AM to 6 AM temperatures are at their lowest; by 3 PM they've climbed to their daily peak.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Muscle Shoals vs the United States of America
The map below shows the annual temperature across the United States of America. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Muscle Shoals vs World: Temperature Compared
Muscle Shoals's average annual maximum temperature is 22°C (72°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Seville, Spain averages 23°C (73°F) a year — one of the warmer cities in Western Europe, with long hot summers.
Interlaken, Switzerland averages 8°C (46°F) a year, with cold winters and cool summers thanks to its Alpine setting.
Chicago, USA averages 15°C (59°F) annually — known for extreme seasonal swings, from bitterly cold winters to warm summers.
Perth, Australia averages 25°C (77°F) annually, with a classic Mediterranean climate — hot dry summers and mild wet winters.
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 Muscle Shoals's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Muscle Shoals climate page.
