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Sedona in May

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sedona is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Sedona is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
13h 59mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sedona?

Yes. May is one of Sedona's best months (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 80°F in May, against 53°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 12°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in May, against 4% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

28% cover in May, against 19% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

13h 59m in May, against 9h 51m to 14h 27m 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. April70°21°low 40°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May80°27°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June92°33°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Sedona sits, in May

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:24 AMsets 7:22 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 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 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.