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Moab in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Moab is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Moab is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
14h 16mon average

Is May a good time to visit Moab?

Yes. May is one of Moab's best months (April to May, or October).

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in May, against 45°F to 103°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in May, against 7°C to 39°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in May, against 7% to 22% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in May, against 24% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

14h 16m in May, against 9h 31m to 14h 49m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April73°23°low 42°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May84°29°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June97°36°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Moab sits, in May

America/Denver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:07 AMsets 8:22 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.