Climate averages 1991–2020
Billings weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Billings: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missoula (439 km away). In April its highs average 11.4°C, 2.5°C cooler than Billings, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Billings ranks joint 407th of 498 for the warmest April highs and 181st of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Billings is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Billings climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 53 | 9.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.510 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 20 | 5.5 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Missoula in AprilUnited States · 439 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Rapid City in AprilUnited States · 456 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Lethbridge in AprilCanada · 542 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Ogden in AprilUnited States · 579 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Regina in AprilCanada · 593 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Layton in AprilUnited States · 595 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Bismarck in AprilUnited States · 603 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in AprilUnited States · 622 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Billings) is explained once on the Billings year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.