Best time to visit Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids is a city of two halves. July scores 80 and January scores 17 — a 63-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs May to September — 5 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 26.9 °C and January the coolest at -1.4 °C — a 28.3 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 139 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

Rain is spread evenly through the year — between 10 and 13 wet days in every month — so there is no dry season to aim for and no wet one to dodge. Whatever you plan, the odds of rain are much the same.

Daylight runs from 9 hours in winter to 15.3 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are July, September, June. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Grand Rapids month by month