How warm does The Badlands get?

Typical daytime highs in The Badlands are Mar–May 13°C (55°F), Jun–Aug 29°C (84°F), Sep–Nov 16°C (61°F), Dec–Feb 3°C (37°F).

Is The Badlands expensive?

On the ground, The Badlands is budget-friendly.

North America / United States

The Badlands

Q: What sort of trip is The Badlands good for?

The Badlands is good for landscape doing the heavy lifting, the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing, sunshine and salt water, moving about and doing things.

The Badlands · United States · Rapid City

Striped rock formations eroded into spires and canyons across a prairie that otherwise runs flat to the horizon, bison herds roaming the same grassland Lakota hunting parties once did, and a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way without trying.

The best time to visit The Badlands is May–Jun, Sep, when typical daytime highs reach about 16°C (61°F). Local time there is 08:26 (UTC-6).

Best time to go

May–Jun, Sep

Budget on the ground

$ · budget-friendly

Nearest airport

RAP · Rapid City

Good for

landscape doing the heavy lifting the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing sunshine and salt water moving about and doing things

In season

May June September

The year at a glance

Light0 to 24h High0 to 32°C32 to 90°F Rain0 to 100mm0 to 3.9in

May · high 66°F · rain 3.5in · 14.7h of daylight · in the recommended window

shaded columns are the recommended window

Measured at Rapid City, this page’s gateway

The Badlands month by month, the same numbers the figure draws
Month	High °CHigh °F	Rain mmRain in	Light	Notes
January	4°C38°F	13mm0.5in	9.2h9.2h
February	1°C33°F	24mm0.9in	10.4h10.4h
March	7°C45°F	30mm1.2in	11.8h11.8h
April	12°C54°F	48mm1.9in	13.4h13.4h
May	19°C66°F	89mm3.5in	14.7h14.7h	in the recommended window
June	27°C80°F	62mm2.4in	15.5h15.5h	in the recommended window
July	30°C87°F	48mm1.9in	15.2h15.2h
August	29°C85°F	44mm1.7in	14.0h14.0h
September	25°C77°F	28mm1.1in	12.4h12.4h	in the recommended window
October	14°C57°F	48mm1.9in	10.9h10.9h
November	9°C48°F	14mm0.6in	9.6h9.6h
December	3°C38°F	22mm0.9in	8.9h8.9h

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