Gray Sky Index · Colorado

Denver, CO: gray days, sunny days and the best month to shoot

Denver averages 120 gray days and 245 clear or partly cloudy days a year — #35 grayest of the 43 US metros we track. July is the clearest for exterior shoots; March and April and May the grayest.

Gray days a year: 120; #35 grayest of 43 metros
Sunny days a year: 245; 115 clear, 130 partly cloudy
Clearest month: July; fewest gray days: shoot exteriors
Grayest month: March; most gray days: plan interiors

Gray days by month in Denver

Mean gray days each month at Denver, 61 years of record. The clearest months are in ink.

11 in January
11 in February
13 in March
13 in April
13 in May
8 in June
6 in July
8 in August
8 in September
9 in October
10 in November
10 in December

Shoot this week in Denver?

National Weather Service forecast: average sky cover from 9am to 5pm local time, for the next 7 days.

Shoot today

Today 23% sky cover, 0% chance of rain. Least gray day this week: Sun, Nov 8, 5%.

23%Tue11/3
36%Wed11/4
11%Thu11/5
34%Fri11/6
13%Sat11/7
5%Sun11/8
16%Mon11/9

Clear (35% or less)Partly cloudy (to 65%)Gray

Best time to sell a house in Denver

Share of the year’s new listings by month, 2023–2025 (Realtor.com). The three busiest months are in ink.

6.5% in January
7.7% in February
9.6% in March
11.1% in April
11.4% in May
10.8% in June
9.1% in July
8.6% in August
8.9% in September
7.4% in October
5.7% in November
3.2% in December

May, April, June bring 33.3% of Denver’s new listings; December the fewest. Shoot exteriors in the clearest weeks before the peak, and you list with the photos already done.

Denver scores 56/100 on the Listing Difficulty Index — #17 hardest of 43: 58 days on market and 32.1% of listings with a price cut. See every market’s score.

Nearby metros

Albuquerque, NM87 gray days a year
Salt Lake City, UT139 gray days a year
Kansas City, MO149 gray days a year
Phoenix, AZ70 gray days a year

All 43 metros in the Gray Sky Index

Denver: questions

Does Denver get a lot of sun?

Denver averages 245 clear or partly cloudy days a year and 120 gray days, on NOAA’s long-term record.

What is the cloudiest month in Denver?

March and April and May has the most gray days in Denver. July has the fewest, which makes it the easiest month for exterior shoots.

When is the best time to list a house in Denver?

Most new listings in Denver come on the market in May, April, June. Listing just before the peak meets the most buyers with the least competition; plan exterior shoots for the clearest days in the weeks before.

More free tools

Listing Difficulty Index
A 0–100 score for 43 US metros on how hard a listing has to work to stand out, and each market’s busiest listing months.
Listing Photo Rules Tracker
Every state law and MLS rule on AI-edited and virtually staged listing photos: what to disclose, when it applies and the penalties.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Comparative Climatic Data: mean number of clear, partly cloudy and cloudy days; US National Weather Service gridpoint forecast.