North & Central America · Nature travel

Best time to visit Yellowstone

Late Jun–Early Sep is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 22.3°C, with 2.2 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Yellowstone
Photo: Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Yellowstone season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Avoid (season score 3.0)Mid Jan: Avoid (season score 6.2)Late Jan: Avoid (season score 6.7)Early Feb: Avoid (season score 3.8)Mid Feb: Avoid (season score 4.5)Late Feb: Avoid (season score 3.7)Early Mar: Avoid (season score 7.0)Mid Mar: Off-season (season score 14.7)Late Mar: Off-season (season score 14.3)Early Apr: Off-season (season score 15.7)Mid Apr: Off-season (season score 25.1)Late Apr: Okay (season score 44.3)Early May: Fair (season score 42.7)Mid May: Okay (season score 56.8)Late May: Good (season score 58.4)Early Jun: Good (season score 68.5)Mid Jun: Great (season score 74.5)Late Jun: Best (season score 92.2)Early Jul: Best (season score 99.1)Mid Jul: Best (season score 100.0)Late Jul: Best (season score 99.3)Early Aug: Best (season score 93.5)Mid Aug: Best (season score 97.6)Late Aug: Best (season score 95.3)Early Sep: Best (season score 91.6)Mid Sep: Great (season score 79.4)Late Sep: Great (season score 79.9)Early Oct: Good (season score 63.3)Mid Oct: Okay (season score 44.9)Late Oct: Off-season (season score 26.3)Early Nov: Off-season (season score 18.6)Mid Nov: Avoid (season score 11.0)Late Nov: Avoid (season score 4.1)Early Dec: Avoid (season score 4.3)Mid Dec: Avoid (season score 1.8)Late Dec: Avoid (season score 0.0)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.

Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryAvoid-3.1°C4.171.0%
FebruaryAvoid-1.4°C4.374.1%
MarchAvoid3.4°C4.573.5%
AprilOff-season7.1°C4.572.1%
MayOkay11.8°C4.173.3%
JuneGreat17.4°C3.558.0%
JulyBest23.8°C1.940.1%
AugustBest22.5°C2.345.1%
SeptemberGreat17.1°C2.847.7%
OctoberOkay8.6°C3.561.3%
NovemberAvoid1.0°C4.271.3%
DecemberAvoid-3.7°C4.374.8%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Weather station: Thumb Divide(6 km). Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.