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Marco Island weather

A raw day around Marco — a good day for the rainy-day list.

  • 83°FRight now
  • 87° / 73°Today
  • 7:24 PMSunset
Aerial view of a low mangrove island surrounded by shallow green water and sand flatsUnsplash

Conditions on Marco Island

Partly cloudy

83°

Partly cloudy · feels like 91°

TodayHigh 87° · Low 73°

A raw day around Marco — a good day for the rainy-day list.

Humidity69%
Wind4 mph SSW
Rain18%

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Updated

Best time to go outside today

Early afternoon, 2 PM – 8 PM

A raw day around Marco — a good day for the rainy-day list.

Outdoor comfort78 out of 100 · Excellent

Sweet spot around 7 PM at 78°F.

Keep an indoor option in reserve — the rest of the day is unsettled.

Updated

Hour by hour

The bar is our outdoor-comfort score for that hour: temperature, rain, wind, UV and humidity together.

  1. 73°
    6%5 AM
  2. 73°
    9%6 AM
  3. 73°
    33%7 AM
  4. 73°
    40%8 AM
  5. 75°
    39%9 AM
  6. 77°
    39%10 AM
  7. 81°
    39%11 AM
  8. 84°
    33%12 PM
  9. 84°
    26%1 PM
  10. 85°
    23%2 PM
  11. 86°
    32%3 PM
  12. 87°
    19%4 PM
  13. 84°
    17%5 PM
  14. 83°
    18%6 PM
  15. 78°
    16%7 PM
  16. 78°
    12%8 PM
  17. 77°
    15%9 PM
  18. 76°
    14%10 PM

Dimmed hours are after dark.

Updated

The week ahead

  1. Light drizzle

    87° / 73°

  2. Drizzle

    85° / 74°

  3. Heavy rain

    84° / 76°

  4. Drizzle

    86° / 76°

  5. Light drizzle

    87° / 74°

  6. Mostly sunny

    89° / 72°

  7. Light drizzle

    88° / 73°

Updated

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
7:24 PM
Daylight
12 hr 10 min
Golden hour
from 6:24 PM

Times are local (America/New York). Golden hour is the hour before sunset, when the light comes off the water at an angle and the photographs start working.

On the water

Water87°F
WavesGlassy — 0.7 ft
Swell period3.2s
  • BoatingGood

    Seas around 0.7 ft, wind 10 mph. Comfortable on a larger boat, a little bouncy on a skiff.

  • SwimmingExcellent

    Water at 87°F with 0.7 ft of surf — warm, and calm enough for children.

  • FishingExcellent

    Seas 0.7 ft, wind 10 mph on a 3s swell — offshore is on the table.

Updated

Plan around it

What to do with the weather you have got

The forecast is only useful if it changes the plan. These are the Marco pages that match each kind of day.

Indoor and under-cover plans that do not depend on the sky clearing.

On the water and in it — the things a calm, warm day is actually for.

Land-based outdoor plans for the days the forecast gives you.

What the evening is for once the light has gone off the water.

The longer view

Marco's climate, season by season

Today's forecast tells you what to wear. This tells you when to come.

Marco Island runs its warmest in summer (June – August), averaging 91°F by day and 75°F overnight. Winter (December – February) is the other end of it: highs around 76°F, lows near 57°F. That is a 34-degree spread between the hottest afternoon and the coldest night of a typical year, which is why the same packing list does not work twice here. Visitor numbers track it closely — winter is full, fall is quiet — so the cheapest weather is rarely the most comfortable weather.

  • Winter

    December – February

    76°F / 57°F

    fullcrowds
    fullprices
    • The driest, least humid stretch of the year — December rainfall is measured in inches, not tens of inches
    • Manatees in the residential canals and around the passes when the Gulf cools
    • Cold fronts pull water off the flats and stack redfish and sheepshead in the holes
  • Spring

    March – May

    83°F / 65°F

    busycrowds
    busyprices
    • March is the island's single busiest month — book charters and tables weeks out
    • Tarpon arriving in the passes and along the beaches from around April
    • Stone crab season closes on 1 May
  • Summer

    June – August

    91°F / 75°F

    steadycrowds
    quietprices
    • Boats leave at first light — the afternoon thunderstorm is a daily fixture, not a risk
    • Peak nesting for loggerheads on Tigertail, South Marco and the outer islands
    • Lowest rates of the year on rentals and resorts
  • Fall

    September – November

    86°F / 70°F

    quietcrowds
    quietprices
    • September and October are the peak of hurricane season on this coast — plan and insure accordingly
    • The quietest beaches, backwaters and boat ramps of the year
    • Snook fishing on the outside at its best in autumn

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Last updated

Conditions checked (America/New York). This page refreshes every half hour. Forecast data from Open-Meteo.