Kalispell weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Kalispell is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with August and September close behind. Kalispell averages about 2,199 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,199
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 775 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 22k
- Elevation
- 903 m
When is the best time to visit Kalispell?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kalispell is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 79 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kalispell?
Kalispell gets a moderate 2,199 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate July (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #318 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 775 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 79 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 64 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 75 mm | 3 |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| May | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| June | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 92 mm | 6 |
| July | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 29 mm | 7 |
| August | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 13° / 55°F | 31 mm | 6 |
| September | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 8° / 46°F | 44 mm | 4 |
| October | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 65 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 81 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 79 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Missoula United States · 156 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Great Falls United States · 234 km · best in Jul · 2,659 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 256 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 313 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Bozeman United States · 367 km · best in Jul · 2,641 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 415 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lethbridge Canada · 181 km · 2,628 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cranbrook Canada · 183 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Helena United States · 255 km · 2,679 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Kalispell compares month by month: Kalispell vs Calgary · Kalispell vs Spokane · Kalispell vs Missoula · Kalispell vs Great Falls · all comparisons
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