Detroit got its nickname, “Motor City,” after Henry Ford rolled the first car off the assembly line in Detroit. While your flight to Detroit might be music-less, there’s no stopping the beat once you hit the streets. Grab the keys to your Model T and turn up the Motown music as you drive through Motor City. Winter and early spring is the off season however, despite the bitter winters, visitors book flights to Michigan for downhill skiing. July and August host many great events to enjoy such as the Meijer All-American Jam at the Taylor Summer Festival, Michigan Jazz Festival, the Common Ground Music Festival, The Great Lakes Folk Festival and the Michigan State Fair.Īutumn foliage season starts around mid-September, and the colours reach their peak by mid-October. During July and August visitors will find it harder to find cheap flights to Detroit.

Summer is the most popular time to visit the Midwest and the Great Lakes. July tends to be the hottest month and January the coldest.

The September and October temperatures start to go down to the mid-teens to mid-20s and can be very pleasant.

June starts to get warm, and July and August are hot and humid with temperatures around 27-32C. Spring is damp and chilly with temperatures ranging from around -1 to 20 degrees Celsius. Winters in Detroit are bitter cold and snowy, with icy winds and temperatures from just below freezing and even dropping to -11 C.

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