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Moab in December

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Moab is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 24°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 31 minutes.December in Moab is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 31 minutes.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
24°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
9h 31mon average

Is December a good time to visit Moab?

December sits outside Moab's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 47°F in December, against 45°F to 103°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in December, against 7°C to 39°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

44% cover in December, against 24% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

9h 31m in December, against 9h 31m to 14h 49m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November61°16°low 35°low 2°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December47°8°low 24°low -4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January45°7°low 21°low -6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Moab sits, in December

America/Denver
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:28 AMsets 4:58 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.