Discover Boston: The City - Activities and Trip-Guide

Boston: Map, Quick Facts, And Weather

With a continental climate, influenced greatly by the Atlantic ocean, Boston is very prone to Nor’easter weather systems that can produce much snow and rain, with most snowfall occurring between the month of December and March.

Boston is also subject to very high temperatures in summer and below freezing in winter, but such excursions are usually short and rarely extended over a long period of days. The coldest month is January with a temperature averaging 29.0 °F (−1.7 °C), the hottest month is July, averaging 73 °F (23.0 °C). Spring and fall are usually mild and their temperatures depend greatly by wind conditions.

Boston is doubled the “The Walking City”, indeed it has more pedestrian commuters than any other comparable city. It also has a public transportation system, MBTA, also known as the “T”, and with more than a third of Bostonians commuting by public transports, the city has the fifth-highest rate of public transit usage in the whole country. The system operates a network of buses, subway lines and water shuttles. Boston Metro is the oldest underground rapid transit system in the Americas.