Best time to visit Big Bend National Park
January, February and November are the best balance at Big Bend: mild and dry for the park (average highs 61° to 69°F), with crowds from moderate to busy. March is busiest, with about 97,000 visitors. August is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Panther Junction, TX USC00416792
- Lat / lon
- 29.33, -103.21
- Elevation
- 3,740 ft
- From park center
- 0.9 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Janbest | Febbest | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Novbest | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 61° | 66° | 74° | 82° | 89° | 94° | 92° | 91° | 86° | 80° | 69° | 62° | 79° |
| Low, °F | 37° | 41° | 47° | 54° | 62° | 68° | 70° | 69° | 63° | 55° | 45° | 38° | 54° |
| Precipitation, in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| Snow, in | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 10:27 | 11:07 | 11:55 | 12:50 | 13:36 | 14:01 | 13:51 | 13:12 | 12:18 | 11:25 | 10:39 | 10:16 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 45 | 50 | 97 | 68 | 40 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 47 | 59 | 61 | 546 |
| Crowds | Moderate | Moderate | Very busy | Busy | Moderate | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet | Moderate | Busy | Busy | |
| Weather | Mild | Mild | Mild | Hot | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Hot | Mild, wet | Mild | Mild |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Januarybest | 61° | 37° | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10:27 | 45,000 | Moderate | Mild |
| Februarybest | 66° | 41° | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11:07 | 50,000 | Moderate | Mild |
| March | 74° | 47° | 0.4 | 0 | 11:55 | 97,000 | Very busy | Mild |
| April | 82° | 54° | 0.5 | 0 | 12:50 | 68,000 | Busy | Hot |
| May | 89° | 62° | 1.3 | 0 | 13:36 | 40,000 | Moderate | Hot |
| June | 94° | 68° | 1.7 | 0 | 14:01 | 22,000 | Quiet | Very hot |
| July | 92° | 70° | 2.3 | 0 | 13:51 | 18,000 | Quiet | Very hot |
| August | 91° | 69° | 1.9 | 0 | 13:12 | 16,000 | Quiet | Very hot |
| September | 86° | 63° | 1.7 | 0 | 12:18 | 23,000 | Quiet | Hot |
| October | 80° | 55° | 1.2 | 0 | 11:25 | 47,000 | Moderate | Mild, wet |
| Novemberbest | 69° | 45° | 0.7 | 0 | 10:39 | 59,000 | Busy | Mild |
| December | 62° | 38° | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10:16 | 61,000 | Busy | Mild |
| Year | 79° | 54° | 13.0 | 0.4 | 546,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest June, average high 94°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 37°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 546,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Texas
Closures, reservations and alerts: Big Bend National Park on nps.gov
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