Hot-summer humid continental
Billings, Montana
Yellowstone County, Montana · Population 118k · 3,130 ft elevation
Living in Billings
Billings has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Billings at a glance
- Population
- 118k
- Elevation
- 3,130 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,866 hrs55th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $312k59th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,097/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.87%42th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 40%
- Violent crime rate
- 763 per 100k95th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,515 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8438th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7776th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,280 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 15°F | 0.6″ | 9.2″ | 170 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 18°F | 0.6″ | 9.6″ | 181 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 25°F | 1.0″ | 7.2″ | 214 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 1.8″ | 3.7″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 43°F | 2.5″ | 0.4″ | 270 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 52°F | 2.1″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 57°F | 1.4″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 55°F | 0.8″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 46°F | 1.4″ | 0.3″ | 261 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 35°F | 1.5″ | 3.5″ | 204 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 24°F | 0.6″ | 5.6″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 17°F | 0.6″ | 8.7″ | 139 hrs |
Near Billings
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology