new orleans in july
 

I am considering attending a conference in New Orleans in July. I have read that this is the month with the most rain. What can I expect as I would like to also sight see when possible. Also the hotel I would be staying at is the Hyatt Regency on Loyola Avenue. Is this also convenient to get around to other areas of interest and Jazz bars.

For me, the problem with New Orleans in July isn't the rain, it's the suffocating heat, but that doesn't bother some people.

We stayed nearby the Hyatt (at the Renaissance Arts) last time we were there and really liked the location, but we did take taxis and a car when we wanted to get out and about. For example, the Hyatt to Frenchmen Street (jazz clubs) is about 4 miles. The French Quarter is walkable during the day.

<<Is this also convenient to get around to other areas of interest and Jazz bars.>>

There are a lot of jazz bars in New Orleans.

Your hotel is at the far end of the business district from the river and French Quarter. It is not near the Garden District. You're on a street car line that will take you to the edge of the Quarter. You'd have to walk to St Charles Ave to get a street car to the Garden District.

NOLA is walkable, but it's also really humid in the summer.

Be aware that there are areas of NO that are not safe for walking and some are near the French quarter. Before deciding to walk somewhere check with your hotel for their recos.

In July, you will be thankful for rain. It breaks the heat. This is a tropical rain - the heat and humidity get so high that it becomes unsustainable, and it rains - hard and heavy for a while, then stops and everything is slightly less hot and humid.

I haven't stayed at that hotel, but I sometimes go to meetings at Entergy, which is next to it. I always stay in the FQ and then walk or take a taxi over for my meetings. It's a nice walk during the day - its about a mile, more or less, depending on where you are in the FQ. I don't walk it after dark though, or even really in the evening after a lot of businesses have closed because things do get kind of deserted. The FQ will be hopping with people, but the CBD, like most business districts, gets kind of quiet after people go home for the day. Staying in the FQ puts me close to a lot of bars and restaurants.

That said, if you choose to stay at the conference hotel (often that is more convenient for conference activities), its a short taxi or Uber ride to the FQ and Frenchmen st, and if you want to go uptown, it's not that far. You can walk a few blocks to St Charles and get the streetcar or just get a taxi.

I grew up in Houston, so I grew up, for 30 yrs, being used to stifling heat and humidity from May until October, and sometimes through November.

But what I experienced in Houston for 30 years was nothing like what I have experienced in New Orleans in July and August. It is freaking hot and so humid that I can barely breathe, totally sweating constantly when outside.

i would plan indoor events during the day. And you will still sweat and be very hot at night outside.

Yeah, the rains are mostly early morning and late afternoon.

If they are late enough, it might stay cool in the evening, but don't bet on it.

But it won't generally affect sightseeing except by making you reluctant to go outside.

But I would do the trip in a minute.

The three hottest places I have ever been were Luxor, Egypt in August, Palm Springs, CA in June and New Orleans, LA in July.

"But I would do the trip in a minute."

Yeah, I have never passed on the opportunity to go to New Orleans :) And for a conference - score - especially if you don't have to go to all the conference activities.