Best time to fly Detroit to Cleveland

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full DTW to CLE record →

Best month

October

94.3% on time · 87 flights

Worst month

January

54.2% on time · 108 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 108 54.2% 0% 95 min
February 83 57.8% 0% 80 min
March 41 68.3% 0% 59 min
April 97 87.6% 0% 110 min
May 82 79.3% 0% 97 min
June 109 82.4% 0% 82 min
July 65 64.1% 1.54% 148 min
August 87 72.4% 0% 73 min
September 74 90.5% 0% 62 min
October 87 94.3% 0% 58 min
November 82 76.5% 1.22% 98 min
December 89 54.7% 3.37% 107 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.