Best time to visit Glacier National Park
August and September are the best balance at Glacier: mild and dry for the park (average highs 68° to 79°F), with crowds from busy to very busy. July is busiest, with about 760,000 visitors. March is the quietest, with highs near 43°F. January, February and December see few or no visitors, so parts of the park may be closed: check nps.gov.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- W Glacier, MT USC00248809
- Lat / lon
- 48.50, -113.98
- Elevation
- 3,148 ft
- From park center
- 13.3 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Augbest | Sepbest | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 30° | 34° | 43° | 53° | 64° | 70° | 80° | 79° | 68° | 52° | 37° | 29° | 53° |
| Low, °F | 19° | 19° | 25° | 31° | 39° | 45° | 50° | 48° | 41° | 33° | 26° | 20° | 33° |
| Precipitation, in | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 30.9 |
| Snow, in | 32.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 16.2 | 31.4 | 115.2 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 8:42 | 10:06 | 11:44 | 13:36 | 15:13 | 16:07 | 15:45 | 14:21 | 12:31 | 10:43 | 9:07 | 8:18 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 16 | 16 | 25 | 46 | 218 | 547 | 760 | 707 | 569 | 144 | 24 | 20 | 3,093 |
| Crowds | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Busy | Quiet | Quiet | Few or no visits | |
| Weather | Cold | Cold | Cool | Cool | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Hot | Mild | Mild | Cool | Cold | Cold |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 19° | 3.5 | 32.0 | 8:42 | 16,000 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| February | 34° | 19° | 2.2 | 16.0 | 10:06 | 16,000 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| March | 43° | 25° | 2.6 | 14.0 | 11:44 | 25,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| April | 53° | 31° | 2.1 | 3.1 | 13:36 | 46,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| May | 64° | 39° | 2.6 | 0.5 | 15:13 | 218,000 | Quiet | Mild, wet |
| June | 70° | 45° | 3.8 | 0 | 16:07 | 547,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| July | 80° | 50° | 1.4 | 0 | 15:45 | 760,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| Augustbest | 79° | 48° | 1.2 | 0 | 14:21 | 707,000 | Very busy | Mild |
| Septemberbest | 68° | 41° | 2.0 | 0 | 12:31 | 569,000 | Busy | Mild |
| October | 52° | 33° | 3.0 | 2.0 | 10:43 | 144,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| November | 37° | 26° | 3.2 | 16.2 | 9:07 | 24,000 | Quiet | Cold |
| December | 29° | 20° | 3.2 | 31.4 | 8:18 | 20,000 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| Year | 53° | 33° | 30.9 | 115.2 | 3,093,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 80°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 19°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 3,093,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Montana
Closures, reservations and alerts: Glacier National Park on nps.gov
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