Best time to visit Arches National Park
March and November are the best balance at Arches: mild and dry for the park (average highs 56° to 62°F), with crowds from moderate to busy. May is busiest, with about 192,000 visitors. January is the quietest, with highs near 42°F.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Arches NP Hqs, UT USC00420336
- Lat / lon
- 38.62, -109.62
- Elevation
- 4,093 ft
- From park center
- 6.5 mi
- Second station
- La Sal 1SW, UT 6,787 ft
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Marbest | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Novbest | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 42° | 50° | 62° | 70° | 80° | 93° | 99° | 96° | 87° | 72° | 56° | 42° | 71° |
| Low, °F | 22° | 29° | 37° | 44° | 53° | 63° | 70° | 68° | 58° | 44° | 33° | 24° | 45° |
| High at 6,787 ft, °F | 37° | 41° | 51° | 59° | 69° | 81° | 86° | 84° | 75° | 62° | 48° | 37° | 61° |
| Precipitation, in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Snow, in | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 8.1 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 9:44 | 10:41 | 11:50 | 13:09 | 14:15 | 14:51 | 14:37 | 13:40 | 12:23 | 11:07 | 10:01 | 9:28 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 30 | 48 | 143 | 157 | 192 | 179 | 160 | 146 | 155 | 145 | 82 | 49 | 1,487 |
| Crowds | Quiet | Quiet | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Busy | Very busy | Busy | Moderate | Quiet | |
| Weather | Cool | Cool | Mild | Mild, wet | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Hot | Mild, wet | Mild | Cool |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | High at 6,787 ft | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 22° | 37° | 0.6 | 2.1 | 9:44 | 30,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| February | 50° | 29° | 41° | 0.6 | 1.2 | 10:41 | 48,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| Marchbest | 62° | 37° | 51° | 0.7 | 0.5 | 11:50 | 143,000 | Busy | Mild |
| April | 70° | 44° | 59° | 0.7 | 0 | 13:09 | 157,000 | Very busy | Mild, wet |
| May | 80° | 53° | 69° | 0.8 | 0 | 14:15 | 192,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| June | 93° | 63° | 81° | 0.4 | 0 | 14:51 | 179,000 | Very busy | Very hot |
| July | 99° | 70° | 86° | 0.7 | 0 | 14:37 | 160,000 | Very busy | Very hot |
| August | 96° | 68° | 84° | 0.9 | 0 | 13:40 | 146,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| September | 87° | 58° | 75° | 0.9 | 0 | 12:23 | 155,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| October | 72° | 44° | 62° | 1.1 | 0.1 | 11:07 | 145,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| Novemberbest | 56° | 33° | 48° | 0.6 | 0.7 | 10:01 | 82,000 | Moderate | Mild |
| December | 42° | 24° | 37° | 0.6 | 3.5 | 9:28 | 49,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| Year | 71° | 45° | 61° | 8.5 | 8.1 | 1,487,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 99°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 22°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 1,487,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Utah
Elevation matters here: the record's second station, La Sal 1SW, UT, sits at 6,787 ft, against 4,093 ft for Arches NP Hqs, UT. Expect conditions between the two depending on where you go.
Closures, reservations and alerts: Arches National Park on nps.gov
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