Weather in Moab in March

A good month. March is a solid month to be in Moab. Highs average 15.9 °C, lows 2.7 °C, and rain falls on 6 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

March ranks 4 of 12 in Moab: past the worst of the year but short of April, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 6 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 15.9 °C days and 2.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 7 nights fall below freezing. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest March day reached 28.7 °C and the coldest night fell to -9.7 °C.

March is moderately variable: 5 mm in the driest year against 63 mm in the wettest, around an average of 24 mm. Roughly two Marchs in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 50%.

How March sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 5.7 °C warmer than February, and April adds another 4.6 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in March

11.9 hours of daylight, gaining 1.3 hours across the month. That is between Moab's extremes of 14.8 and 9.5 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 39.1 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage. At 1227 m the air is thin enough to matter — sun that burns faster than the temperature suggests, and nights that cool off quickly.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

March in Moab versus nearby

If Moab is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Aspen is the weaker option in March — 12.6 °C cooler, 6 days more rain. Park City is the weaker option in March — 10.8 °C cooler, 5 days more rain.

So: March works, with April the better month by 15 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Moab

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