Juneau

Why visit

Juneau is an Alaska capital that behaves like a landscape base: glaciers, ferries, whale trips, trails, rain, and a downtown pinned between water and mountains. It works when the route accepts weather as part of the plan.

When to avoid

Cruise-ship days can make the waterfront and main excursion corridors crowded. Winter brings short daylight, rain, snow, and reduced visitor services, though it also shows a quieter version of the city. Use Juneau with opening days and distances confirmed before the plan hardens. A day in Juneau is easier when one backup sits close to the main route.

Plan Juneau

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

The next week in Juneau

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

Drizzle

17° / 11°

1.4 mm

UV Moderate

Wed

Drizzle

18° / 12°

1.0 mm

UV Moderate

Thu

Drizzle

19° / 11°

UV Moderate

Fri

Drizzle

17° / 12°

UV Moderate

Sat

Overcast

20° / 12°

UV Moderate

Sun

Drizzle

18° / 13°

1.2 mm

UV Moderate

Mon

Drizzle

17° / 12°

1.8 mm

UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 11°C, lows around 6°C.

Winter (Nov-Mar)

Typical highs around -4°C, lows around -9°C.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

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Weather

12° / 7°

Typical high / low

9 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

15.5h

05:17 – 20:47local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest JNU · 11 km

Getting around Juneau

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

Capital Transit

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Juneau

Juneau, officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located along the Gastineau Channel in Southeast Alaska. Juneau was named the capital of Alaska in 1906, when the government of what was then the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900. On July 1, 1970, the City of Juneau merged with the City of Douglas and the surrounding Greater Juneau Borough to form the current consolidated city-borough, which ranks as the second-largest municipality in the United States by area and is larger than both Rhode Island and Delaware.

Area: 8,428 km²
Airport codes: JNU

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