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Sedona in December

Cool and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Sedona is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 51 minutes.December in Sedona is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 51 minutes.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
9h 51mon average

Is December a good time to visit Sedona?

December sits outside Sedona's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect cool 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 54°F in December, against 53°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in December, against 12°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in December, against 4% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in December, against 19% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

9h 51m in December, against 9h 51m to 14h 27m 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. November65°18°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December54°12°low 30°low -1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January53°12°low 29°low -2°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sedona sits, in December

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:27 AMsets 5:17 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 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 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.