Towns within 2 hours of Jacksonville, ranked by this weekend's weather

This weekend's picks

The best weather within 2 hours of Jacksonville for Sat Nov 7 & Sun Nov 8.

Gainesville, FloridaGood

Paynes Prairie · Florida Museum

about 1 h 15 min

Sat 79F, 1% rain
Sun 81F, 2% rain
Saint Augustine, FloridaGood

Castillo de San Marcos

about 45 min

Sat 79F, 3% rain
Sun 76F, 3% rain
Saint Simons Island, GeorgiaGood

Fort Frederica · Bloody Marsh

about 1 h 15 min

Sat 75F, 5% rain
Sun 69F, 1% rain

Forecast updated Wed, 1:55 PM EST.

Towns within 3 hours of Jacksonville

Within an hour

Town	Drive	Weather
Palm Valley, Florida	about 30 min	Good Sat 82F, 4% rain; Sun 75F, 2% rain
Oakleaf Plantation, Florida	about 30 min	Good Sat 80F, 2% rain; Sun 79F, 2% rain
Fleming Island, Florida	about 30 min	Good Sat 82F, 3% rain; Sun 79F, 2% rain
Kingsland, Georgia	about 35 min	Good Sat 78F, 5% rain; Sun 74F, 1% rain
St. Marys, Georgia St Marys Submarine Museum	about 40 min	Good Sat 79F, 4% rain; Sun 73F, 1% rain
Fernandina Beach, Florida Amelia Island Museum of History	about 40 min	Good Sat 79F, 6% rain; Sun 73F, 2% rain
Saint Augustine, Florida Castillo de San Marcos	about 45 min	Good Sat 79F, 3% rain; Sun 76F, 3% rain

1 to 2 hours

Town	Drive	Weather
Gainesville, Florida Paynes Prairie · Florida Museum	about 1 h 15 min	Good Sat 79F, 1% rain; Sun 81F, 2% rain
Saint Simons Island, Georgia Fort Frederica · Bloody Marsh	about 1 h 15 min	Good Sat 75F, 5% rain; Sun 69F, 1% rain
De Leon Springs, Florida De Leon Springs SP	about 1 h 35 min	Good Sat 82F, 2% rain; Sun 80F, 3% rain
Ocala, Florida Silver Springs · Appleton Museum	about 1 h 45 min	Good Sat 80F, 1% rain; Sun 80F, 3% rain
Valdosta, Georgia Wild Adventures	about 1 h 50 min	Good Sat 72F, 0% rain; Sun 76F, 1% rain
Hinesville, Georgia	about 1 h 55 min	Good Sat 77F, 3% rain; Sun 71F, 1% rain
Sanford, Florida Central Florida Zoo	about 1 h 55 min	Good Sat 83F, 4% rain; Sun 84F, 4% rain
Pooler, Georgia Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum	about 1 h 55 min	Good Sat 76F, 2% rain; Sun 69F, 1% rain
Palm Coast, Florida Washington Oaks · Fort Matanzas	about 1 h	Mixed Sat 80F, 2% rain; Sun 76F, 4% rain
Ormond Beach, Florida Tomoka SP · Bulow Creek SP	about 1 h 20 min	Mixed Sat 80F, 1% rain; Sun 77F, 5% rain
Daytona Beach, Florida Tomoka SP	about 1 h 25 min	Mixed Sat 80F, 2% rain; Sun 77F, 5% rain

2 to 3 hours

Town	Drive	Weather
Titusville, Florida Merritt Island Refuge	about 2 h 5 min	Good Sat 82F, 5% rain; Sun 82F, 4% rain
Savannah, Georgia Sorrel–Weed House · Telfair	about 2 h 5 min	Good Sat 79F, 4% rain; Sun 69F, 1% rain
Orlando, Florida Universal Orlando · Morse Museum	about 2 h 10 min	Good Sat 85F, 4% rain; Sun 84F, 3% rain
Steinhatchee, Florida	about 2 h 15 min	Good Sat 77F, 1% rain; Sun 78F, 1% rain
Tavares, Florida	about 2 h 20 min	Good Sat 81F, 1% rain; Sun 81F, 3% rain
Cedar Key, Florida Cedar Keys Refuge	about 2 h 20 min	Good Sat 77F, 1% rain; Sun 77F, 1% rain
Merritt Island, Florida Astronaut Memorial Planetarium	about 2 h 25 min	Good Sat 82F, 5% rain; Sun 81F, 5% rain
Tifton, Georgia	about 2 h 25 min	Good Sat 70F, 1% rain; Sun 73F, 1% rain
Thomasville, Georgia	about 2 h 30 min	Good Sat 71F, 1% rain; Sun 75F, 1% rain
Kissimmee, Florida Gatorland · Typhoon Lagoon	about 2 h 30 min	Good Sat 82F, 3% rain; Sun 80F, 3% rain
Tallahassee, Florida Maclay Gardens · Old Capitol	about 2 h 30 min	Good Sat 73F, 2% rain; Sun 77F, 1% rain
Homosassa Springs, Florida Homosassa Springs wildlife park	about 2 h 35 min	Good Sat 79F, 0% rain; Sun 80F, 2% rain
Cocoa Beach, Florida Brevard Zoo · Space Force Museum	about 2 h 35 min	Good Sat 82F, 4% rain; Sun 79F, 7% rain
Statesboro, Georgia	about 2 h 40 min	Good Sat 74F, 2% rain; Sun 69F, 0% rain
Palm Bay, Florida Eau Gallie Beach	about 2 h 40 min	Good Sat 79F, 4% rain; Sun 78F, 6% rain
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Coligny Beach · Discovery Museum	about 2 h 45 min	Good Sat 75F, 8% rain; Sun 66F, 1% rain
Auburndale, Florida Legoland · Fantasy of Flight	about 2 h 55 min	Good Sat 81F, 3% rain; Sun 80F, 2% rain
Winter Haven, Florida Legoland · Circle B Bar Reserve	about 2 h 55 min	Good Sat 80F, 4% rain; Sun 79F, 2% rain
Spring Hill, Florida Weeki Wachee Springs SP	about 2 h 55 min	Good Sat 79F, 1% rain; Sun 79F, 2% rain

Weather around Jacksonville

Most weekends near Jacksonville are mild or warm, so the useful differences are rain, wind and the water. The beaches, from Fernandina Beach to Saint Augustine, get an ocean breeze that keeps them cooler than inland towns on summer afternoons.

Summer brings afternoon thunderstorms almost everywhere. From fall to spring the weather is at its steadiest, though a winter front can bring a few cold days, and the springs and rivers inland around Gainesville and Ocala are at their best.

How we pick

"Good" means a high from 55F to 88F, a forecast of sun or clouds, and at most a 30% chance of rain or snow, with no thunderstorm, dangerous heat or cold, strong gusts or smoke. "Mixed" means one day is good and the other isn't. Picks are ordered by that, then by the forecast and how much of a destination the town is.

Drive times start at the center of Jacksonville and go to the center of each town. They come from a table built on OpenStreetMap and do not include traffic or seasonal road closures.

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