Best time to fly Philadelphia to Houston

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

Best month

November

88.5% on time · 290 flights

Worst month

July

63.7% on time · 378 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 250 77.1% 5.2% 83 min
February 231 88.2% 3.46% 58 min
March 270 86.8% 1.48% 92 min
April 290 84% 0.34% 54 min
May 314 73.5% 0.96% 86 min
June 348 70.5% 3.16% 86 min
July 378 63.7% 9.52% 94 min
August 373 71.7% 2.95% 76 min
September 312 84% 0% 73 min
October 335 88% 0.3% 69 min
November 290 88.5% 0.69% 68 min
December 320 78% 1.25% 73 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.