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Moab in August

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Moab is very hot: highs near 99°F, lows near 68°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Moab is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 20°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
99°F37°Caverage
Low
68°F20°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
13h 36mon average

Is August a good time to visit Moab?

August sits outside Moab's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect very hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 99°F in August, against 45°F to 103°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in August, against 7°C to 39°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in August, against 7% to 22% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in August, against 24% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 36m in August, against 9h 31m to 14h 49m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July103°39°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August99°37°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September90°32°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Moab sits, in August

America/Denver
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:32 AMsets 8:14 PM
Above the sea
1,230 mupland
Latitude
38.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dolores155 km south-east

The land around Moab, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Moab

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Moab. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,377 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,377 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.