Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Englewood is from May, June, August. — consistent weather climate
🌦Humid
| Score | 13 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 79 | 79 | 67 | 76 | 76 | 71 | 39 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cold | Mild | Humid | Humid | Humid | Humid | Cool & rainy | Cold | Cold |
| Temperature | -4–4°C | -3–6°C | 0–10°C | 5–15°C | 11–21°C | 17–26°C | 20–29°C | 20–28°C | 16–25°C | 10–19°C | 4–12°C | 0–7°C |
| Feels like | -8–0°C | -8–2°C | -4–6°C | 2–13°C | 10–21°C | 17–27°C | 22–32°C | 22–30°C | 16–25°C | 8–17°C | 0–9°C | -4–3°C |
| Precipitation | 96mm 10 days | 88mm 10 days | 114mm 10 days | 108mm 10 days | 92mm 10 days | 100mm 9 days | 134mm 11 days | 109mm 10 days | 120mm 9 days | 120mm 10 days | 77mm 7 days | 113mm 10 days |
| Sunshine | 6.1h ☀︎ 64% | 6.8h ☀︎ 64% | 8.1h ☀︎ 68% | 8.4h ☀︎ 63% | 9.2h ☀︎ 64% | 11.0h ☀︎ 73% | 11.5h ☀︎ 78% | 10.8h ☀︎ 78% | 9.0h ☀︎ 72% | 7.6h ☀︎ 69% | 7.0h ☀︎ 71% | 5.4h ☀︎ 58% |
| Wind | W · 20 km/h | W · 20 km/h | NW · 21 km/h | W · 21 km/h | SW · 18 km/h | SW · 18 km/h | SW · 16 km/h | SW · 16 km/h | N · 16 km/h | W · 18 km/h | W · 19 km/h | W · 18 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 67% | 69% | 65% | 67% | 70% | 70% | 73% | 73% | 74% | 74% | 69% | 73% |
| Day length | 9.6h | 10.7h | 12.0h | 13.3h | 14.5h | 15.1h | 14.8h | 13.8h | 12.4h | 11.1h | 9.9h | 9.3h |
Englewood operates on the relentless rhythm of the New York metropolitan area, causing visitor traffic to peak during the bitter freeze of February and the frantic churn of September, while May quietly slips by offering the year's best weather alongside its calmest streets.
Tucked against the western ridges of the Palisades in Bergen County, Englewood serves primarily as a stately residential redoubt of the New York metropolitan area. People rarely travel here for packaged tourist spectacles; they arrive to visit family across leafy residential avenues, conduct business on the northern rim of the metropolis, or seek out the wooded trail network of Flat Rock Brook Nature Center. Because the town is tethered to the commuter tides and school calendars of North Jersey, the volume of people moving through its streets often contradicts the outdoor reality. If you have the freedom to pick your moment, navigating by the weather rather than the regional calendar changes the entire experience.
May is the golden anomaly on the local calendar. While the rest of the year keeps the city tightly packed with regional movement, May registers the lightest foot traffic of any month, precisely when the climate turns sublime. The canopy over the city's residential neighborhoods fills out in electric green, and the air stays mild and dry enough for endless walking without coat or umbrella. An afternoon winding through the preserved forest paths of Flat Rock Brook Nature Center reveals running streams and migrating warblers without the humid misery that arrives just a few weeks later.
June sustains that same outdoor perfection, stretching the daylight out past dusk and warming the evenings comfortably. Families and joggers spread across Mackay Park, and outdoor dining spills onto the sidewalks around Depot Square. Rain remains rare enough that plans almost never require a backup indoor option. If you want to see Englewood at its most gracious, leafy, and effortlessly livable, early summer is the only time to aim for.
By July, the air turns thick and swampy. As humidity pools in the valleys west of the Hudson River, the apparent heat settles heavily over asphalt and lawns alike, making midday walks along the avenues an unappealing prospect before late afternoon. July also brings the year's most intense cloudbursts, where brief, violent storms drop buckets of water in an hour and leave the sidewalks steaming under the afternoon sun.
August eases the humidity slightly, though the midday air still registers hot and stagnant. The pace of the city slows under the haze, but unless your days are centered around air-conditioned indoors or shaded spots in Mackay Park, the weather works steadily against extensive outdoor exploration.
September brings an abrupt snap back to life, matching the frantic energy of the surrounding metro area. The town fills to near capacity with returning commuters, school traffic, and regional visitors, creating a noticeable hum of activity. The weather during September is undeniably comfortable—warm, balanced, and clear—but you will share the sidewalks, parking corridors, and quiet green pockets with the largest crowds of the year.
October provides the real payoff for autumn travelers. The commuter frenzy levels out slightly, the air turns crisp and sharp, and the hardwood trees climbing the eastern ridges put on an exceptional display of copper and gold. You will need a proper jacket for evening strolls through Depot Square, and an occasional soaking autumn rain can interrupt plans, but the atmospheric beauty of North Jersey in late fall is entirely intact.
The five months spanning November through March represent the hardest period to enjoy the city. Englewood's winters are defined by a damp, biting cold that seeps straight through light wool, paired with persistent gray skies and frequent sleet or wet snow. December through March barely muster a handful of days where lingering outside feels anything other than punishing.
What makes this window truly bizarre is February, which records the highest concentration of visitors all year despite offering virtually no redeeming weather. Piles of gray slush line the curbs, trails through the nature reserves freeze into treacherous ruts of mud and ice, and local life retreats strictly behind closed doors. Unless your visit is strictly dictated by holiday gatherings or non-negotiable regional obligations, traveling here in the dead of winter means paying a heavy tax in comfort for very little reward.