Gray Sky Index · Texas
Austin, TX: gray days, sunny days and the best month to shoot
Austin averages 136 gray days and 229 clear or partly cloudy days a year — #30 grayest of the 43 US metros we track. August is the clearest for exterior shoots; January the grayest.
- Gray days a year
- 136
- #30 grayest of 43 metros
- Sunny days a year
- 229
- 115 clear, 114 partly cloudy
- Clearest month
- August
- fewest gray days: shoot exteriors
- Grayest month
- January
- most gray days: plan interiors
Gray days by month in Austin
Mean gray days each month at Austin, 54 years of record. The clearest months are in ink.
- 16 in January
- 14 in February
- 15 in March
- 15 in April
- 13 in May
- 7 in June
- 6 in July
- 5 in August
- 9 in September
- 9 in October
- 12 in November
- 15 in December
Shoot this week in Austin?
National Weather Service forecast: average sky cover from 9am to 5pm local time, for the next 7 days.
Shoot today
Today 26% sky cover, 20% chance of rain. Least gray day this week: Wed, Nov 4, 2%.
- 26%Tue11/3
- 2%Wed11/4
- 34%Thu11/5
- 22%Fri11/6
- 61%Sat11/7
- 27%Sun11/8
- 14%Mon11/9
Clear (35% or less)Partly cloudy (to 65%)Gray
Best time to sell a house in Austin
Share of the year’s new listings by month, 2023–2025 (Realtor.com). The three busiest months are in ink.
- 6.8% in January
- 8% in February
- 10.8% in March
- 12% in April
- 11% in May
- 10% in June
- 8.8% in July
- 7.7% in August
- 7.7% in September
- 7.2% in October
- 5.8% in November
- 4.4% in December
April, May, March bring 33.8% of Austin’s new listings; December the fewest. Shoot exteriors in the clearest weeks before the peak, and you list with the photos already done.
Austin scores 58/100 on the Listing Difficulty Index — #13 hardest of 43: 80 days on market and 27.3% of listings with a price cut. See every market’s score.
Nearby metros
- San Antonio, TX141 gray days a year
- Houston, TX161 gray days a year
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX133 gray days a year
- New Orleans, LA146 gray days a year
Austin: questions
Does Austin get a lot of sun?
Austin averages 229 clear or partly cloudy days a year and 136 gray days, on NOAA’s long-term record.
What is the cloudiest month in Austin?
January has the most gray days in Austin. August has the fewest, which makes it the easiest month for exterior shoots.
When is the best time to list a house in Austin?
Most new listings in Austin come on the market in April, May, March. Listing just before the peak meets the most buyers with the least competition; plan exterior shoots for the clearest days in the weeks before.
More free tools
Listing Difficulty Index
A 0–100 score for 43 US metros on how hard a listing has to work to stand out, and each market’s busiest listing months.
Listing Photo Rules Tracker
Every state law and MLS rule on AI-edited and virtually staged listing photos: what to disclose, when it applies and the penalties.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Comparative Climatic Data: mean number of clear, partly cloudy and cloudy days; US National Weather Service gridpoint forecast.
