Best time to visit Death Valley National Park
November is the best balance at Death Valley: mild and dry for the park (an average high of 77°F), with busy crowds. April is busiest, with about 152,000 visitors. September is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Death Valley NP, CA USC00042319
- Lat / lon
- 36.46, -116.87
- Elevation
- -194 ft
- From park center
- 16.7 mi
- Second station
- Amargosa Farms-garey, NV 2,450 ft
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Novbest | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 67° | 74° | 83° | 91° | 101° | 111° | 117° | 116° | 108° | 93° | 77° | 66° | 92° |
| Low, °F | 43° | 49° | 57° | 65° | 75° | 84° | 91° | 89° | 79° | 64° | 51° | 41° | 66° |
| High at 2,450 ft, °F | 59° | 63° | 70° | 78° | 87° | 97° | 104° | 101° | 95° | 82° | 68° | 58° | 80° |
| Precipitation, in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | T | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Snow, in | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 9:55 | 10:47 | 11:51 | 13:04 | 14:06 | 14:39 | 14:26 | 13:33 | 12:22 | 11:11 | 10:10 | 9:40 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 98 | 119 | 151 | 152 | 119 | 76 | 92 | 96 | 66 | 94 | 106 | 118 | 1,287 |
| Crowds | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Busy | Moderate | Busy | Busy | Moderate | Busy | Busy | Busy | |
| Weather | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Very hot | Mild | Mild, wet |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | High at 2,450 ft | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 43° | 59° | 0.4 | 0 | 9:55 | 98,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| February | 74° | 49° | 63° | 0.5 | 0 | 10:47 | 119,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| March | 83° | 57° | 70° | 0.3 | 0 | 11:51 | 151,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| April | 91° | 65° | 78° | 0.1 | 0 | 13:04 | 152,000 | Very busy | Very hot |
| May | 101° | 75° | 87° | T | 0 | 14:06 | 119,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| June | 111° | 84° | 97° | 0.1 | 0 | 14:39 | 76,000 | Moderate | Very hot |
| July | 117° | 91° | 104° | 0.1 | 0 | 14:26 | 92,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| August | 116° | 89° | 101° | 0.1 | 0 | 13:33 | 96,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| September | 108° | 79° | 95° | 0.2 | 0 | 12:22 | 66,000 | Moderate | Very hot |
| October | 93° | 64° | 82° | 0.1 | 0 | 11:11 | 94,000 | Busy | Very hot |
| Novemberbest | 77° | 51° | 68° | 0.1 | 0 | 10:10 | 106,000 | Busy | Mild |
| December | 66° | 41° | 58° | 0.3 | 0 | 9:40 | 118,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| Year | 92° | 66° | 80° | 2.2 | 0 | 1,287,000 | |||
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 117°F
- Coldest nights December, average low 41°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 1,287,000 (2023–2025 average)
- States California and Nevada
Elevation matters here: the record's second station, Amargosa Farms-garey, NV, sits at 2,450 ft, against -194 ft for Death Valley NP, CA. Expect conditions between the two depending on where you go.
Closures, reservations and alerts: Death Valley National Park on nps.gov
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