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Best Time for Cajun Country: New Orleans to Lafayette

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Sweet spot: January, February, November. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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Crawfish season peaks, festival calendars stack — Jazz Fest, Festival International — and the swamps green up before the summer steam.
Gulf summer is a slow braise with hurricane attention required — zydeco dance halls and long lunches indoors carry the day.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	6.1°C	15.5°C	115 mm	10.3 h
February	8.3°C	17.7°C	108 mm	10.9 h
March	12.0°C	21.3°C	102 mm	11.8 h
April	15.7°C	25.0°C	119 mm	12.7 h
May	20.1°C	28.6°C	127 mm	13.5 h
June	23.9°C	31.2°C	173 mm	13.9 h
July	24.8°C	31.4°C	166 mm	13.8 h
August	24.7°C	31.5°C	181 mm	13.1 h
September	22.2°C	29.9°C	131 mm	12.2 h
October	16.6°C	26.2°C	116 mm	11.2 h
November	11.0°C	21.0°C	88 mm	10.4 h
December	7.7°C	17.0°C	129 mm	10.1 h

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