Sedona month by month
Plan your visit to Sedona by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 59 mm
January in Sedona is cold, and that catches visitors off guard. People picture Arizona as perpetual desert heat, but Sedona sits at 1,370 meters (4,500 feet) of elevation, where…
- February
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 0°C
- Rain
- 43 mm
February in Sedona sits in a quiet window between the holiday visitors and the spring-break surge that fills every trailhead from mid-March onward. Daytime highs reach the low…
- March
- High
- 15°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 72 mm
March is Sedona's wettest month, and simultaneously one of its most crowded. Spring break brings a wave of visitors from the Phoenix metro, about 2 hours south on Interstate 17.…
- April
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 14 mm
April is likely the single best month to visit Sedona. Daytime temperatures reach about 22°C (72°F) under reliably clear skies, overnight lows settle near 6.5°C (44°F), and total…
- May
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 6 mm
May is arguably the single best month to visit Sedona. Highs reach 27°C (81°F) under skies so clear that Cathedral Rock and Bell Rock seem to glow against the blue from the SR 179…
- June
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 10 mm
June in Sedona is defined by dry, persistent heat. Afternoon temperatures typically reach 33°C (91°F) under a desert sun that feels sharper at 1,370 meters (4,500 feet) of…
- July
- High
- 34°C
- Low
- 21°C
- Rain
- 28 mm
July in Sedona means monsoon season. The North American Monsoon typically arrives in late June, and by July the pattern is well established. Afternoon thunderstorms build over the…
- August
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 43 mm
August in Sedona is monsoon season. The North American Monsoon pushes moisture north from the Gulf of California, and afternoon thunderstorms roll across the red rock formations…
- September
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 16°C
- Rain
- 30 mm
September in Sedona sits at the turning point between monsoon summer and the golden calm of October. The 34°C (93°F) peaks of July are 2 months behind, and the afternoon storms…
- October
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 40 mm
October is the month Sedona was made for. Summer heat that peaked above 34°C (93°F) in July has broken, and the monsoon storms that rattle through August are gone. Afternoons are…
- November
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 29 mm
November in Sedona is when the October crowds dissolve and the canyon air sharpens to a clean, juniper-scented bite. Days are cool enough for sustained trail hiking without the…
- December
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 37 mm
December in Sedona starts cold. Overnight temperatures average 1°C (35°F), the kind of chill that stings your cheeks at a 7 AM trailhead in the Village of Oak Creek. Wind funnels…