Ithaca

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Why visit

Ithaca is worth visiting for gorges and waterfalls inside and around town: Ithaca Falls, Cascadilla Gorge, Buttermilk Falls, Taughannock Falls, and Robert H. Treman State Park. Add Cornell's campus, the Johnson Museum of Art, the Ithaca Commons, farmers market, Cayuga Lake wineries, and fall foliage. It is one of the strongest small-city nature-and-campus combinations in the Northeast.

When to avoid

Winter is long, grey, snowy, and icy, with steep streets and gorge trails that can become slippery or closed. Cornell move-in, graduation, and big campus weekends make lodging expensive and scarce. Some gorge trails close seasonally or after storms. If driving, watch for lake-effect snow, black ice, and deer on rural roads around the Finger Lakes.

Plan Ithaca

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Ithaca

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Clear

27° / 14°

UV High

Wed

Overcast

30° / 17°

UV High

Thu

Drizzle

30° / 19°

0.7 mm

UV High

Fri

Thunderstorm

30° / 20°

1.9 mm

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Sat

Drizzle

28° / 21°

2.3 mm

UV High

Sun

Drizzle

33° / 19°

0.9 mm

UV High

Mon

Thunderstorm

31° / 21°

6.6 mm

UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 25°C, lows around 14°C. Also the wettest months.

Winter (Dec-Mar)

Typical highs around 0°C, lows around -7°C.

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Weather

26° / 15°

Typical high / low

3 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.0h

06:12 – 20:09local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest ITH · 6 km

Getting around Ithaca

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

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About Ithaca

Ithaca is a city in Tompkins County, New York, on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region. It is best known as the home of Cornell University and Ithaca College and as a waterfall-rich college town.

Area: 16 km²
Demonym: Ithacan
Mayor: Robert G. Cantelmo
Airport codes: ITH

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