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Best Time to Visit Salt Lake City

The best time to visit Salt Lake City is June to September, when the average temperature is 17–24°C and rainfall is low for Salt Lake City, at 16–38 mm a month.

Salt Lake City weather by month

The wettest month in Salt Lake City is April with 66 mm of rain, and the warmest is July at an average 24°C. The coolest is January at -4°C.

MonthAverage temperatureRainfallVerdict
January-4°C / 24°F
55 mm
Cold
February-2°C / 28°F
45 mm
Cold
March3°C / 37°F
54 mm
Cold
April6°C / 43°F
66 mm
Cool
May12°C / 53°F
58 mm
Cool
June18°C / 65°F
30 mm
Best
July24°C / 75°F
16 mm
Best
August22°C / 72°F
24 mm
Best
September17°C / 62°F
38 mm
Best
October9°C / 48°F
46 mm
Cool
November2°C / 35°F
46 mm
Cold
December-4°C / 24°F
64 mm
Cold

How we pick the best months

  • Best: an average temperature of 15–28°C and low rainfall for Salt Lake City: under 150 mm, and no more than 60 mm, a quarter above Salt Lake City's median month (never set below 60 mm).
  • If no month qualifies, we show the three driest months that average 10–30°C instead.
  • Wet: 150 mm of rain or more. Rainy: more than 60 mm. Hot: 29°C or more on average. Cool: under 15°C. Cold: under 5°C.

Averages cover day and night, so afternoons are warmer than the figure shown. Weather is only one reason to pick a month: school holidays, festivals and prices matter too.

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Where these numbers come from

Monthly averages for January 2001 – December 2020 from the NASA POWER project, for the area around Salt Lake City International (SLC) at 40.79, -111.98. The model covers a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or hilly spot can run a degree or two different. Retrieved 12 September 2026.

The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.