Telluride weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Telluride is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with July and August close behind. Telluride averages about 3,220 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 18 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,220
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 529 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 2,752 m
When is the best time to visit Telluride?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Telluride is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Telluride?
Telluride is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,220 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate June (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #57 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 529 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 | -2° / 28°F | -13° / 9°F | 47 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -12° / 10°F | 47 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -8° / 18°F | 42 mm | 6 |
| April | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 41 mm | 8 |
| May | 53 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 39 mm | 9 |
| June | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 6° / 43°F | 18 mm | 11 |
| July | 89 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 52 mm | 10 |
| August | 89 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 52 mm | 9 |
| September | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 54 mm | 8 |
| October | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -7° / 19°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 53 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Montrose United States · 62 km · best in Jun · 3,242 h sun/yr
- Grand Junction United States · 141 km · best in May · 3,302 h sun/yr
- Aspen United States · 168 km · best in Jun · 3,154 h sun/yr
- Eagle United States · 206 km · best in Jun · 3,154 h sun/yr
- Hayden United States · 287 km · best in Jun · 3,058 h sun/yr
- Colorado Springs United States · 295 km · best in Jun · 3,289 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cortez United States · 96 km · 3,470 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Gunnison United States · 107 km · 3,272 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Moab United States · 184 km · 3,527 h sun/yr · best in May
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