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 IAD record →

Best month

September

94.8% on time · 77 flights

Worst month

August

65.9% on time · 84 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 130 80.8% 3.08% 40 min
February 113 80.4% 0.88% 82 min
March 124 77.4% 0% 95 min
April 98 88.7% 1.02% 58 min
May 86 89.5% 0% 114 min
June 82 74.4% 0% 133 min
July 83 66.7% 2.41% 91 min
August 84 65.9% 0% 89 min
September 77 94.8% 0% 39 min
October 85 90.6% 0% 49 min
November 104 87.5% 0% 57 min
December 120 84% 0% 93 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.