Missoula weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Missoula is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with August and September close behind. Missoula averages about 2,308 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,308
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 762 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 71k
- Elevation
- 973 m
When is the best time to visit Missoula?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Missoula 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 Missoula?
Missoula gets a moderate 2,308 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate July (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #274 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 762 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° / 34°F | -8° / 18°F | 79 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -8° / 18°F | 68 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 78 mm | 3 |
| April | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 69 mm | 4 |
| May | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 5 |
| June | 78 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 77 mm | 7 |
| July | 88 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 24 mm | 8 |
| August | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 13° / 55°F | 31 mm | 6 |
| September | 85 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 38 mm | 5 |
| October | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 78 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 82 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kalispell United States · 156 km · best in Jul · 2,199 h sun/yr
- Great Falls United States · 215 km · best in Jul · 2,659 h sun/yr
- Bozeman United States · 258 km · best in Jul · 2,641 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 271 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Pasco United States · 391 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
- Boise United States · 408 km · best in Sep · 2,989 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Butte United States · 162 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Helena United States · 164 km · 2,679 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Salmon United States · 200 km · 2,775 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pullman United States · 231 km · 2,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Missoula compares month by month: Missoula vs Spokane · Missoula vs Great Falls · Missoula vs Bozeman · Missoula vs Kalispell · all comparisons
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