Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Montana is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours. Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
| City | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billings | 89 | 112 | 201 |
| Glasgow | 86 | 111 | 197 |
| Great Falls | 79 | 106 | 185 |
| Helena | 82 | 104 | 186 |
| Kalispell | 70 | 81 | 151 |
| Missoula | 75 | 83 | 158 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
| City | % Sun |
|---|---|
| Billings | 60 |
| Great Falls | 61 |
| Helena | 59 |
| Missoula | 55 |