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Best time to visit Aspen

United States · 39.19°N 106.82°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Aspen is July to August, with highs of 20–21 °C68–70 °F and nights of 3 °C37 °F.

Aspen is dry all year: no month averages more than 56 mm2.2 in (July), and June gets 32 mm1.3 in. July is the hottest month (highs of 21 °C70 °F) and January the coldest (-2 °C28 °F); nights are below freezing from September to June.

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 39.19, -106.82. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Aspen weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: July to August.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
-2°28°JAN481.931°FEB401.636°MAR481.941°APR401.611°51°MAY401.617°62°JUN321.321°70°JUL562.220°68°AUG562.217°62°SEP481.911°51°OCT401.637°NOV401.6-1°29°DEC481.9
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Aspen's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January481.9-228-18-1drytoo cold
February401.6031-180drytoo cold
March481.9236-155drytoo cold
April401.6541-1013drytoo cold
May401.61151-424drytoo cold
June321.31762031drytoo cold
July562.22170337drygood
August562.22068337drygood
September481.91762031drytoo cold
October401.61151-522drytoo cold
November401.6337-1210drytoo cold
December481.9-129-171drytoo cold

When to go to Aspen, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersJuly to August
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonApril to June and September to November
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainDecember to March

Is there a rainy season in Aspen?

No. Aspen is dry all year: no month averages more than 56 mm2.2 in (July), and June gets 32 mm1.3 in.

July is the hottest month (highs of 21 °C70 °F) and January the coldest (-2 °C28 °F); nights are below freezing from September to June. Annual rainfall is about 536 mm21 in.

Where to go instead when Aspen does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Aspen does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.