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Best time to visit Jackson Hole
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Jackson Hole
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- JanJJackson Hole in January: ok, busy
- FebFJackson Hole in February: good
- MarMJackson Hole in March: sweet spot
- AprAJackson Hole in April: ok
- MayMJackson Hole in May: good
- JunJJackson Hole in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJJackson Hole in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugAJackson Hole in August: good, busy
- SepSJackson Hole in September: sweet spot
- OctOJackson Hole in October: ok
- NovNJackson Hole in November: avoid
- DecDJackson Hole in December: ok
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Jackson Hole
- Snow King Resort The base of this smaller mountain is incredibly convenient to the town…
- National Elk Refuge Every day, 8AM-7PM summer, 9AM-5PM winter.
- National Museum of Wildlife Art Museum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Town Square On U.S. 26/89/191 (which become Cache Drive)…
- Jackson National Fish Hatchery Fish hatchery and park in Teton County, Wyoming, United States
Tours and tickets in Jackson Hole
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Jackson (Wyoming)), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; 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 | -1° | 10d | 73% | 5.7h | okbusy | holidays: US: New Year's Day |
| Feb | 0° | 12d | 71% | 6.3h | good | Snow: 30 cm or more on 28 of 28 days, 10 winters of 10 |
| Mar | 5° | 11d | 67% | 8.2h | sweet spot | Snow: 30 cm or more on 31 of 31 days, 10 winters of 10 |
| Apr | 8° | 10d | 65% | 10.0h | ok | 8C max, 10 rainy days |
| May | 14° | 8d | 65% | 12.1h | good | 14C max, 8 rainy days |
| Jun | 21° | 5d | 60% | 13.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 27° | 2d | 51% | 14.1h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 25° | 4d | 55% | 12.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 21° | 6d | 62% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 21C max, 6 rainy days |
| Oct | 12° | 7d | 69% | 8.8h | ok | 12C max, 7 rainy days |
| Nov | 4° | 9d | 76% | 6.6h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
| Dec | -1° | 10d | 74% | 5.1h | ok | Snow: 30 cm or more on 31 of 31 days, 9 winters of 10 |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Jackson, the town of the valley, 14 km from the airport (JAC): 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
Then and now
Jackson Hole's December days now average -0.6°C, 3.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 2 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | -2.7° | -1.1° | 3.5° | 7.7° | 12.2° | 19.8° | 24.4° | 24.4° | 18.4° | 10.7° | 1.7° | -3.8° |
| 2017–26 | -1.4° | -0.0° | 4.8° | 7.9° | 13.8° | 20.7° | 27.0° | 25.4° | 20.5° | 11.6° | 3.6° | -0.6° |
| Change | +1.3° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +0.2° | +1.6° | +1.0° | +2.6° | +1.0° | +2.1° | +0.9° | +1.9° | +3.2° |
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 Jackson Hole is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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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. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. 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 Jackson Hole
- 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.
START Bus (Southern Teton Area Rapid Transit) serves Jackson, Teton Village, Star Valley to the south as far as Etna, and Teton Valley as far as Driggs, Idaho. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Jackson (Wyoming), 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.
- Hospitals near Jackson Holea search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Jackson Holea search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 5 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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- norta.com/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/lepass
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- uber.com/global/en/cities/new-york
- lyft.com/rider/cities/new-york-ny
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Jackson Hole in pictures
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What Jackson Hole is like
Jackson is the largest town (population 11,000 in 2020) in the Jackson Hole valley in Teton County, Northwest Wyoming, close to the south end of Grand Teton National Park. It is the gateway to two of the United States' best-known national parks, Grand Teton and nearby Yellowstone. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Town Square (George Washington Memorial Park). On U.S. 26/89/191 (which become Cache Drive), with Deloney Avenue to its north and Broadway Avenue to its south. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Skiing is a popular activity during the winter in Jackson, with a handful of top-notch resorts nearby. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Jackson Hole Airport (JAC IATA) (7 miles north of the CBD, within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park). Year-round flights are provided from Salt Lake City by Delta, and from Denver Airport by United. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Jackson (Wyoming), written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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Nearby
- Vancouver Canada · 1,144 km
- Toronto Canada · 2,513 km
- Mexico City Mexico · 2,888 km
- Bogota Colombia · 5,609 km
Kind of place
Jackson Hole 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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