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Sedona in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Sedona is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Sedona is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 55 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
13h 25mon average

Is August a good time to visit Sedona?

August sits outside Sedona's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about two days 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 91°F in August, against 53°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 12°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in August, against 4% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in August, against 19% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

13h 25m in August, against 9h 51m to 14h 27m 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. July94°34°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 64°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September87°31°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sedona sits, in August

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:47 AMsets 7:17 PM
Above the sea
1,395 mupland
Latitude
34.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Morristown110 km south-west

The land around Sedona, 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 Sedona

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sedona. 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 (1,395 m) against the climate model's (1,580 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 (1,395 m) against the climate model's (1,580 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.