Destination brief
North Carolina, United States
Travel Score
86
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather and steady: Sun Oct 25 and Mon Oct 26
Average weather score 87 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 86/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: cold: averaging 9.3°c on Oct 25.
US EPA index 1: Good.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Asheville, North CarolinaUpdated 7:00 PM local time
9°C
Clear
Feels like 8°High 19° · Low 4°
Rain now
9%
Rain today
6% chance
Humidity
77%
Wind
6 km/h ESE
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Thanksgiving
National HolidayUnited States · Nationwide
Nov 2026Approx.
A national holiday on the fourth Thursday of November (25 November in 2027).
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 62 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 69 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Events marked “Approx.” are known by month, not a specific day. Exact dates are recorded for 2026; check locally before you plan around them.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
No known advisory
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
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Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
7:09 PM
Saturday, October 24
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 24
19° 4°
Sunny · 6% rain
Cold: averaging 9.7°C
Sun
Oct 25
17° 3°
Sunny · 6% rain
Cold: averaging 9.3°C
Mon
Oct 26
21° 3°
Sunny · 5% rain
Cold: averaging 10.5°C
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
United States
Spanish is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
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Exchange rate
The local currency is your own (USD), so there is nothing to convert.
Asheville is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: May, September and October. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
13° 1°
Cool
About 91 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Cold | 6° / -4° | 90 mm | 48 |
| February | Cold | 8° / -3° | 93 mm | 53 |
| March | Cool | 13° / 1° | 98 mm | 68 |
| April | Pleasant | 18° / 6° | 110 mm | 83 |
| May | Pleasant | 22° / 11° | 112 mm | 88 |
| June | Pleasant | 26° / 15° | 110 mm | 88 |
| July | Wet | 28° / 17° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 133 mm |
| 85 |
| August | Warm | 28° / 17° | 108 mm | 88 |
|---|
| September | Pleasant | 25° / 13° | 103 mm | 89 |
|---|
| October | Pleasant | 19° / 7° | 87 mm | 89 |
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| November | Cool | 13° / 1° | 91 mm | 69 |
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| December | Cold | 8° / -2° | 107 mm | 52 |
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
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