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Zion from Zurich

8,961 km, about 11h 51m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Zion and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Zion in January: ok
  2. Zion in February: ok
  3. Zion in March: good, busy
  4. Zion in April: sweet spot
  5. Zion in May: sweet spot, busy
  6. Zion in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Zion in July: avoid
  8. Zion in August: avoid
  9. Zion in September: good, busy
  10. Zion in October: sweet spot
  11. Zion in November: good
  12. Zion in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Apr, May, Jun or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 21C max, 3 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

Public holidays at Zurich move this destination's year too little to make it a different answer, so the Zion page is the one of record. This one is kept for the distance and the flight it implies.

Month by month from Zurich

No fare history on ZRH–SGU yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds VerdictWhy
Jan 8° 5d 80 ok 8C max, 5 rainy days
Feb 10° 6d 100 ok 10C max, 6 rainy days
Mar 15° 7d 65 goodbusy busier than usual
Apr 21° 3d 76 sweet spot 21C max, 3 rainy days
May 26° 2d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jun 33° 0d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jul 36° 1d 65 avoid extreme heat: 19 days over 35C
Aug 34° 2d 90 avoid extreme heat: 13 days over 35C
Sep 30° 1d 48 goodbusy busier than usual
Oct 22° 3d 80 sweet spot 22C max, 3 rainy days
Nov 15° 3d 80 good 15C max, 3 rainy days
Dec 10° 5d 80 ok 10C max, 5 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in CH as well as at Zion, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in March, May, June and July; quietest from December to February.

Getting there

Fly into Las Vegas (LAS), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Las Vegas.

Las Vegas (LAS) the drive is not measured yet
St George (SGU) the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

Open in Rome2rio for every way from Zurich to Zion, flying or not.

The year in Zion

Zion experiences a moderate climate overall, but summer temperatures can be quite high. Be prepared for cooler temperatures in the winter months.

Busiest
mid Mar to late May — Mild temperatures and blooming scenery attract many tourists.
early Jun to late Sep — The warm weather provides ideal conditions for outdoor activities.
Quieter, still good
early Oct to late Oct — Cooler temperatures and fall colors make it a pleasant time to visit.
early Nov to late Nov — Fewer crowds and mild weather offer good value for visitors.

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

Zion from anywhere · everywhere from Zurich

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