CITY PROFILE
Missoula, MT
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Missoula, Montana is a smaller metro with a cold-winter, cool-summer climate, moderate sunshine, and moderate rainfall—a place for those comfortable with genuine seasonal shifts and longer winters. It's among the most expensive metros in our dataset, so housing costs won't be a bargain; weigh that against what draws you to the area's character and setting. The weather is straightforward mountain-country living, neither particularly sunny nor wet.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $580K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,567/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 4°C · warmest 18.1°C · coolest -7.5°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 750 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.01 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #354 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy69
- Affordable to rent74
- Climate comfort15
- Plenty of sunshine43
- Big-city amenities14
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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