Weather today Mostly Cloudy max. 6 °C
min. 4 °C Wind: 7 km/h Precipitation forecast: 0 mm > Full report and 7-days forecast Data updated at 02:59 (local time) At that time, the weather was: 
4.2 °C / Partly Cloudy
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When to go to Chicago? (USA)
| Month | Sunlight (h/d) | Average T min (°C) | Average T max (°C) | Record T min (°C) | Record T max (°C) | Precipitations (mm) | Wet days | Rating |
| January | 4 | -7 | 1 | -29 | 17 | 50 | 11 |  |
| February | 5 | -6 | 2 | -29 | 21 | 50 | 10 |  |
| March | 7 | -1 | 7 | -24 | 16 | 65 | 12 | |
| April | 7 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 34 | 70 | 11 | |
| May | 9 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 36 | 85 | 12 |  |
| June | 10 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 40 | 88 | 11 | |
| July | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 40 | 83 | 9 | |
| August | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 80 | 9 | |
| September | 8 | 15 | 24 | -2 | 37 | 78 | 9 | |
| October | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 32 | 65 | 9 |  |
| November | 5 | 2 | 9 | -19 | 25 | 60 | 10 | |
| December | 4 | -4 | 3 | -31 | 21 | 50 | 11 | |
What to do in Chicago : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants
Located in the state of Illinois, Chicago has a population of nearly three million and is the second biggest industrial centre of the USA as well as a major financial centre. It holds an important cultural role and attracts great numbers of visitors. There are many museums and theatres and several quarters have specific features worth discovering: Rogers Park has a dynamic university, Jefferson Park for its park, Uptown and North Center for their boutiques and restaurants, and Beverley for its architecture. Other places are definitely worth a visit such as Chinatown the Chinese quarter, Bronzeville the Afro-American quarter, and Pilsen the Mexican Quarter, each has its own character. There are also a number of notable buildings and monuments including the neo-renaissance style Our Lady of Colours Basilica, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Civic Opera House. There are some great museums in Chicago too including the Institute of Art which houses numerous French Impressionist paintings, the Field Museum of Natural History with its huge skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Museum of Contemporary Art which is the largest of its type in the world, the Shedd Aquarium, the National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Millennium Park which is a recently opened enormous multi-activity complex. The city is also well known for its musical events and actually being the birthplace of various styles, it is the setting for several annual music festivals, particularly rock and jazz.
