Some seats, yes. For a typical July 1:10 PM day game at Faurot Field, roughly 37% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 71% of seats are out of the sun.
Check YOUR seat for YOUR event →Typical July afternoon highs at Faurot Field are around 89°F. Shaded seats make a real comfort difference.
No. Faurot Field is open air.
Faurot Field (Columbia, MO) is oriented 28° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.
Interactive shade map for Faurot Field · Satellite shadow view
Columbia, Missouri sits far enough north that the football season here has two distinct climates. Early on, Faurot Field is a hot-weather stadium, July afternoons average 89°F, August 86, and September home dates still run about 83. By late October the average high is 72, November falls to 58, and the sun turns from adversary to amenity. Knowing which side of that line your ticket falls on is most of the planning.
For a typical early-afternoon kickoff, our model finds 37 percent of Faurot Field's 62,621 seats in shade. The high-summer sun stands 72 degrees above the horizon at that hour, bearing due south, so shade depends on overhead structure rather than sideline choice. The club level carries the day: sections 201 through 206 each measure about 50 percent shaded across the game, thanks to the deck above them.
At the other end, lower-bowl sections 119, 120, and 121 are the sunniest in the stadium at roughly 29 percent shaded, with 112 close behind at 27. Fans famous for spelling out the rock M on the north end know the bowl's charm; the sun does not share the sentiment for anyone seated low and exposed at a noon kickoff.
High-summer sunset in Columbia comes at 8:34 PM, and by 7 PM the sun has dropped to 15 degrees in the west-northwest. From 6 PM on, 71 percent of Faurot Field is shaded, so an evening kickoff spares almost everyone after the opening drives. The exposure that remains belongs to the tailgate: the lots around the stadium are open sky, and on an 85-degree September afternoon a four-hour pregame in full sun is a bigger dose than the game itself. Set up your own shade out there, nothing else will provide it.
Missouri's kickoff times swing between noon, mid-afternoon, and night from week to week, and each start time draws a different shade line across the bowl. The interactive shade map computes it for your exact date and section, hour by hour, worth thirty seconds before you commit to seats at Faurot Field.
Upcoming events at Faurot Field are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.