Best time to visit Salt Lake City
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Salt Lake City
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- JanJSalt Lake City in January: avoid
- FebFSalt Lake City in February: avoid
- MarMSalt Lake City in March: ok
- AprASalt Lake City in April: good
- MayMSalt Lake City in May: sweet spot
- JunJSalt Lake City in June: good, busy
- JulJSalt Lake City in July: avoid
- AugASalt Lake City in August: good, busy
- SepSSalt Lake City in September: sweet spot
- OctOSalt Lake City in October: good
- NovNSalt Lake City in November: ok
- DecDSalt Lake City in December: avoid
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Things to do in Salt Lake City
- Temple Square Religious complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Snowbird This scenic resort is within a half hour of Downtown.
- Utah State Capitol The grand state capitol building is prominently displayed on the mountainside, in a lovely park overlooking Downtown.
- Salt Lake City and County Building Seat of the city government since the 1890s, and in times past was also the seat of county government and even the state capitol building for 20 years.
- FamilySearch Library The genealogical research wing of the Mormon church, this is the largest library of its kind in the world.
- Hogle Zoo The zoo is a 42-acre complex, with the largest exhibits featuring primates and elephants.
- Gilgal Sculpture Garden A small but unique collection of sculptures and stone engravings hidden between buildings in the center of a city block.
Tours and tickets in Salt Lake City
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Salt Lake City), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3° | 9d | 68% | 6.8h | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Feb | 6° | 8d | 60% | 7.8h | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Mar | 11° | 10d | 56% | 9.2h | ok | 11C max, 10 rainy days |
| Apr | 15° | 8d | 50% | 10.8h | good | 15C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 22° | 5d | 43% | 12.5h | sweet spot | 22C max, 5 rainy days |
| Jun | 29° | 1d | 30% | 14.0h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 35° | 0d | 25% | 13.8h | avoid | extreme heat: 15 days over 35C |
| Aug | 32° | 2d | 32% | 12.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 27° | 3d | 36% | 11.5h | sweet spot | 27C max, 3 rainy days |
| Oct | 17° | 5d | 49% | 9.4h | good | 17C max, 5 rainy days |
| Nov | 10° | 6d | 59% | 7.8h | ok | 10C max, 6 rainy days |
| Dec | 4° | 8d | 68% | 6.7h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Temple Square, downtown, 8 km from the airport (SLC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Salt Lake City's July days now average 34.7°C, 4.3°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 1.9° | 3.7° | 8.4° | 14.3° | 19.1° | 26.0° | 30.4° | 30.2° | 24.1° | 16.6° | 8.4° | 2.1° |
| 2017–26 | 3.3° | 5.8° | 11.2° | 15.5° | 21.6° | 29.1° | 34.7° | 32.3° | 26.9° | 17.2° | 9.9° | 4.2° |
| Change | +1.4° | +2.1° | +2.8° | +1.2° | +2.4° | +3.0° | +4.3° | +2.1° | +2.9° | +0.6° | +1.5° | +2.0° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Salt Lake City is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Las Vegas
- from Denver
- from Phoenix
- from Los Angeles
- from San Francisco
- from San Diego
- from Portland
- from Seattle
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Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.
Getting around Salt Lake City
- Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.
Derived from Joseph Smith's ideas around urban planning from the "Plat of Zion," most of the Salt Lake Valley uses a consistent street grid radiating out from the southeast corner of Temple Square, downtown. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Salt Lake City, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
- Hospitals near Salt Lake Citya search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Salt Lake Citya search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Salt Lake City in pictures
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What Salt Lake City is like
Salt Lake City is the capital of, and largest city in, the U.S. state of Utah. It is a destination for outdoor recreation, with nearby mountains full of hiking trails and ski resorts made famous by the 2002 Winter Olympics. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Utah State Capitol, 350 N State St (just north of downtown; public transit: UTA Bus 200 (stops at four places around the Capitol grounds)). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Salt Lake City is a hub for an incredible variety of outdoor recreation. Summer activities available in the area include camping, hiking, rock-climbing, mountain biking, boating, and fishing. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- The Wasatch Front region is served by three airports, but you will most likely fly into Salt Lake City International Airport. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Crime in Salt Lake City tends to skew a bit more toward property crime than violent offenses, although, as with any city, the situation varies between neighborhoods. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Salt Lake City, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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