Best time to visit Denver

United States · North America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Denver

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Go in Apr, Aug, Sep or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 17C max, 5 rainy days. Jun is the next best.

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Things to do in Denver

Elitch Gardens A huge amusement park with rides and family entertainment.
Molly Brown House Museum This restored Victorian was once home to labor reformist…
Lakeside A throwback from Denver's past, Lakeside is an amusement park like they used to make…
Cheesman Park The Acropolis-inspired pavilion has a commanding view of the Denver skyline.
Denver Mint Thanks to this place, more U.S. money is made in Denver than anywhere else in the world.
Denver Art Museum A huge museum with art from all over the world.
Colorado State Capitol A gorgeous domed building at the southern edge of Downtown.

Tours and tickets in Denver

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Denver), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	5°	3d	59%	7.8h	avoid	bitter cold: 5C daily max
Feb	7°	4d	58%	9.0h	ok	7C max, 4 rainy days
Mar	13°	6d	55%	9.8h	good	13C max, 6 rainy days
Apr	17°	5d	50%	10.6h	sweet spot	17C max, 5 rainy days
May	21°	9d	57%	11.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jun	29°	4d	46%	12.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jul	32°	2d	44%	12.9h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Aug	31°	2d	46%	12.1h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	28°	3d	44%	10.8h	sweet spot	28C max, 3 rainy days
Oct	19°	4d	50%	9.4h	sweet spot	19C max, 4 rainy days
Nov	12°	3d	54%	8.3h	ok	12C max, 3 rainy days
Dec	8°	2d	54%	7.9h	ok	8C max, 2 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Union Station, downtown, 30 km from the airport (DEN): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in May, July and August; quietest in December.

Then and now

Denver's December days now average 8.0°C, 4.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	4.1°	5.1°	9.1°	14.2°	18.9°	24.8°	28.1°	27.3°	23.1°	16.6°	9.6°	3.1°
2017–26	5.1°	6.7°	12.7°	16.9°	21.1°	28.8°	32.2°	31.0°	27.9°	18.7°	11.8°	8.0°
Change	+1.0°	+1.6°	+3.6°	+2.6°	+2.2°	+4.1°	+4.1°	+3.7°	+4.7°	+2.0°	+2.2°	+4.9°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Denver is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.

Getting around Denver

Tap a contactless Visa or Mastercard or phone on the validator as you board an RTD bus or at the rail station: a local ride is $2.75 for three hours, and the same card never pays more than the $5.50 Day Pass in a day. The A Line train between Union Station and the airport needs the airport fare, the $10 Airport Day Pass: the platform validators at the airport are set to it, and elsewhere press Select Fare on the platform validator, or ask the bus driver. Buses also take cash, and rail stations have ticket machines.

Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.

Numbered avenues run east-west in the north half of the metro area, including suburbs. Ellsworth Avenue is the "equatorial" street. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Denver, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Denver in pictures

Denver capitol — i

Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Denver, Colorado skyline — i

Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Downtown Denver, Colorado — i

Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2006 03 26 Denver Skyline I 25 Speer — i

No machine-readable author provided, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Mile High Marker Steps Denver 01 — i

Chris Mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Denver is like

Denver is the capital of the western U.S. state of Colorado and the dominant city of the Rocky Mountain Region. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Denver is a vibrant city with plenty of attractions for visitors, plus a diverse collection of neighborhoods that can be attractions in themselves. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Late spring and early autumn are excellent seasons to do things outdoors in Denver. Besides the city's various lush green parks, there are plenty of outdoor festivals, sports, and gondola rides. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: See this Colorado travel map. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Denver is quite safe for a city its size. Use common sense when traveling, particularly in downtown and some of the other inner-city neighborhoods. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Denver, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Denver

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Denver is in United States, North America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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