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Moab in September

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Moab is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Moab is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
12h 21mon average

Is September a good time to visit Moab?

September sits outside Moab's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October. Expect 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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in September, against 45°F to 103°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in September, against 7°C to 39°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 21m in September, against 9h 31m to 14h 49m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August99°37°low 68°low 20°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. September90°32°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. October77°25°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Moab sits, in September

America/Denver
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:59 AMsets 7:29 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.