Boise weather by month
The best time to visit Boise is May, June and September — 94/100 in September, 27°C and 3 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (83/100 on average).
The worst month is December at 47/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See December →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit United States →
Best season: March to May (83/100 on average) · worst December (47/100)
- Days
- 27°C
- Nights
- 12°C
- Wet days
- 3
- Sun
- 11 h
- Humidity
- 41%
- Daylight
- 13 h

Boise, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Boise is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Boise through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Treefort Music Fest20 Mar – 5 Apr (usually)Festival
- June
- Float the Boise season20 Jun – 7 Sep (usually)Opening
- July
- Independence Day3–5 JulHoliday
- Wildfire smoke season1 Jul – 20 Sep (usually)Hazard
- August
- Western Idaho Fair14–30 Aug (usually)Festival
- November
- Thanksgiving25–29 NovHoliday
- Winter inversion15 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)Hazard
- December
- Christmas and New Year24 Dec – 1 JanHoliday
Crowds in Boise in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusySummer break in United States(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Boise
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe March in Boise as genuinely transitional - it could feel like winter or like spring, sometimes both within the same day. Posters citing a mid-March spring break stretch reported daytime highs typically in the low 60sF with nighttime lows in the 30sF, alongside spring flowers and greenery starting to appear. Posters discussing wintry conditions that occasionally linger into late February or early March are consistent that any snow or cold snap this late in the season tends to resolve within a day or two rather than sticking around. Posters generally rate March as a genuinely mixed early-spring month for Boise, mild afternoons and chilly mornings the reliable pattern, with real day-to-day variability still worth planning around.
Forum regulars consistently pick September as prime time: mid-month temperatures run about 10 degrees cooler than late August (roughly 65F vs 75F), so you still get long warm days and comfortable nights without August's peak heat and fire risk. One poster's blunt reasoning: it's hot in August with a real chance of wildfire smoke, so September is when 'most tourists are gone and locals have their place back' - you also land right in the run of outdoor events like Jazz on the Grove and the weekly Alive After Five series. Worth a heads-up regardless: wildland fire smoke is possible in September, not guaranteed, but common enough that forum regulars flag it every year.
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