Bend, USA

Bend sits at altitude in USA, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the July peak reaches a 100/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 29°C — a solid base for an outdoors-led escape.

The year runs from average lows of -3°C in January to highs of 29°C in July. On the rain ledger, July is the safest bet at a 5% chance of a wet day, while February climbs to 46%. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on July–August.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 27°C against winter's 5°C, while rain-day odds move from 44% in winter and 30% in spring to 10% in summer and 25% through autumn. That makes summer the statistical sweet spot (season score 99), with autumn a workable second; winter is where the odds thin out.

Best months to visit Bend

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is July at 100/100, then August at 100 and June at 98. In practice you have flexibility — May–September all stay above a 70 sun score. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is December (46/100).

Put against its 82 mountain peers in July, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 99% of them.

Month-by-month breakdown for Bend → · More destinations for July →

The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 2 look mostly clear and one carries meaningful rain risk, in a -2–20°C band. Today's cached sun score is 63/100.