#14 of 35 US cities · 2024
How pleasant is the weather in Salt Lake City, UT?
In 2024, 52% of daytime hours in Salt Lake City were enjoyable outdoors: 2,484 of 4,758 hours between 8 AM and 9 PM. That's #14 of 35 major US cities. October was the best month and January the worst.
- Enjoyable
- 52%
- Comfortable temp
- 57%
- Too cold
- 28%
- Too hot
- 14%
- Lost to rain
- 0.7%
- Lost to gusts
- 4.4%
Month by month
Share of each month's daytime hours (8 AM to 9 PM). Avg temp is the plain air temperature over those hours, not feels-like.
| Month | Enjoyable | Comfortable | Too cold | Too hot | Rain | Avg temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30% | 30% | 70% | 0% | 0.0% | 35°F |
| February | 42% | 47% | 53% | 0% | 0.5% | 41°F |
| March | 49% | 55% | 45% | 0% | 0.2% | 46°F |
| April | 73% | 83% | 17% | 0% | 2.3% | 56°F |
| May | 79% | 87% | 12% | 1% | 1.0% | 60°F |
| June | 55% | 58% | 1% | 41% | 0.5% | 81°F |
| July | 36% | 36% | 0% | 64% | 0.0% | 86°F |
| August | 42% | 55% | 0% | 45% | 1.7% | 82°F |
| September | 69% | 79% | 0% | 21% | 0.8% | 75°F |
| October | 81% | 83% | 16% | 1% | 0.7% | 63°F |
| November | 37% | 39% | 61% | 0% | 0.0% | 41°F |
| December | 33% | 34% | 66% | 0% | 0.0% | 38°F |
What limits outdoor time
Salt Lake City loses hours at both ends of the year: November through March are often too cold, and June through August are often too hot. Wind matters too: gusts took 4.4% of daytime hours.
Where you stand matters here. Of the comfortable hours, 33% were only comfortable in the sun and 28% only in the shade.
Weather escapes within driving distance
An hour's drive (about 45 miles) reaches places that average 22°F cooler in summer, but nowhere meaningfully warmer in winter. Stretch it to two hours (about 90 miles) and you can find places 31°F cooler in summer. Distances are straight-line; temperatures are PRISM 1991–2020 averages.
How Salt Lake City, UT compares
- Charlotte, NC · #11 · 54%
- Honolulu, HI · #12 · 54%
- New York, NY · #13 · 53%
- Atlanta, GA · #15 · 52%
- Washington, DC · #16 · 51%
- El Paso, TX · #17 · 51%
Questions
How many pleasant outdoor hours does Salt Lake City, UT get?
2,484 hours in 2024, counting only 8 AM to 9 PM. That's 52% of daytime hours, about 191 days' worth of daytime, and ranks #14 of 35 major US cities.
What is the best month to be outside in Salt Lake City, UT?
October, when 81% of daytime hours were enjoyable. May (79%) and April (73%) came next. January was the worst month, at 30%.
What makes outdoor time less pleasant in Salt Lake City, UT?
Mostly temperature. 28% of daytime hours were too cold and 14% too hot. Rain took another 0.7%, and gusty wind 4.4%.
Scored with the default rule: 48–79°F feels-like in sun or shade, under 1 mm/h of rain, gusts under 27 mph, 8 AM to 9 PM. If you run hotter or colder than that, set your own range on the map. How the score works.