Climate averages 1991–2020
Billings weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Billings: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 20 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missoula (439 km away). In July its highs average 28.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Billings, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Billings ranks joint 218th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 152nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Billings is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Missoula in JulyUnited States · 439 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Rapid City in JulyUnited States · 456 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Lethbridge in JulyCanada · 542 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Ogden in JulyUnited States · 579 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Regina in JulyCanada · 593 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Layton in JulyUnited States · 595 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Bismarck in JulyUnited States · 603 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in JulyUnited States · 622 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 11 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.