Best time to fly Miami to Washington

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

Best month

May

80.6% on time · 339 flights

Worst month

July

58.4% on time · 334 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 341 73.7% 8.5% 74 min
February 303 75.8% 1.98% 78 min
March 337 68.6% 1.78% 73 min
April 329 80.5% 0% 64 min
May 339 80.6% 0.59% 72 min
June 326 73.9% 1.53% 77 min
July 334 58.4% 7.78% 93 min
August 336 73.4% 0.6% 66 min
September 326 79.6% 0.61% 57 min
October 337 79.3% 0.3% 58 min
November 310 75.2% 1.61% 51 min
December 344 76.4% 0.29% 59 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.