Seasonal guide · BHX → PHX

Best Time to Fly: BirminghamPhoenix

CapitalWashington
Population340,110,988
CurrencyUSD $ United States dollar
LanguageEnglish
Time ZoneUTC-07:00 MST
AirportPHX
Distance8,327 km
Flight Time10h 17m
Visitors/yr~5,903,833

The honest answer to when you should fly Birmingham to Phoenix is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Feb-Mar, Nov-Dec gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Phoenix.

Weather in Phoenix, month by month

Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Phoenix’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is July (average high 42°C), the coolest is January (average low 6°C), and the wettest is October (45 mm).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysBirmingham high
January19°C6°C28 mm46°C
February good23°C10°C23 mm39°C
March good27°C13°C31 mm411°C
April30°C16°C3 mm114°C
May35°C21°C3 mm118°C
June41°C27°C9 mm221°C
July42°C30°C35 mm523°C
August42°C30°C20 mm322°C
September38°C25°C37 mm418°C
October33°C18°C45 mm214°C
November good24°C11°C30 mm410°C
December good21°C8°C18 mm29°C

Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.

Packing for the gap: in November, Phoenix averages 24°C against 10°C in Birmingham — about 14°C warmer, so plan for lighter clothing than you leave in.

Time difference and jet lag

Phoenix runs 8 hours behind Birmingham. Travelling west is generally the easier direction, and you gain usable hours on the day you fly out.

When fares move on this route

We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:

  • The travel date matters more than the booking date. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually sits.
  • Comfortable weather and low fares rarely coincide. Feb-Mar, Nov-Dec is the pleasant window in Phoenix, which is also when more people want to go. The shoulder weeks either side of it are usually the better value.
  • School holidays and local events override everything. A festival or a public holiday at either end will outweigh any general booking rule.
  • Set an alert rather than watching manually. Fares move at hours you are not looking, and the useful booking window is weeks wide, not days.

Which day to fly

Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Birmingham–Phoenix, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

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