Climate and average weather in Saint George

In Saint George, the summers are sweltering, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: late March to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Saint George typically varies from 29°F to 97°F, and is rarely below 20°F or above 103°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Saint George for warm-weather activities are from late March to late May and late September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
97°
Coldest
Dec
29°
Wettest
Feb
1.7 in
Driest
Jun
0.1 in
Rain / yr
10.2 in
41 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,700 ft
37.1°N
Clearest
Jun
20% cloud

Saint George is city in Washington County, Utah, United States.

Density
367/km²
people per km²
Founded
1861

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Saint George weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late March to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Saint George, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 27 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 85°F. The hottest month of the year in Saint George is July, with an average high of 97°F and low of 72°F.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 22 to February 28, with daily high temperatures below 57°F. The coldest month of the year in Saint George is December, with an average low of 29°F and high of 49°F.

Days typically run about 24°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 28°F) in June.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan5130
Feb5534
Mar6340
Apr7146
May8155
Jun9264
Jul9772
Aug9570
Sep8761
Oct7448
Nov6037
Dec4929

How hot and cold Saint George really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Saint George feels like about 97°F (around July 7). About 91 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 24°F (around December 25), with roughly 101 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F), worst in December.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan50512630
Feb55553034
Mar63633740
Apr71714346
May81815555
Jun92926464
Jul97977272
Aug95957070
Sep87876161
Oct74744748
Nov60603337
Dec49492629

Average hourly temperature in Saint George

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 97°F, and coldest before dawn in December, near 29°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Saint George weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan51° / 30°1.45.12.19.72.8
Feb55° / 34°1.76.11.910.64.0
Mar63° / 40°1.35.6111.76.4
Apr71° / 46°0.730.412.98.0
May81° / 55°0.32.10147.8
Jun92° / 64°0.10.5014.54.4
Jul97° / 72°0.42.1014.32.6
Aug95° / 70°0.52.9013.43.2
Sep87° / 61°0.82.7012.36.1
Oct74° / 48°1.03.40118.4
Nov60° / 37°0.93.20.6105.9
Dec49° / 29°1.14.71.79.52.5

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Saint George gets about 10.2 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.6 months, from around Nov 21 to Apr 10, peaking in February at about 25% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 21.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 1.7 in over about 6 wet days; June is the driest, with 0.1 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetFeb 22 · 25%Jun 21 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan165
Feb216
Mar186
Apr113
May72
Jun21
Jul72
Aug93
Sep93
Oct103
Nov113
Dec165

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Saint George collects about 10.2 in of rain across 41 wet days — roughly 0.9 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 1.7 in, while June is the driest at just 0.1 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

00.511.52JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.41.71.30.70.30.10.40.50.81.00.91.1
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1.452
Feb1.762
Mar1.361
Apr0.730
May0.320
Jun0.110
Jul0.420
Aug0.530
Sep0.830
Oct1.030
Nov0.931
Dec1.152

Snow in Saint George

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Saint George averages about 8 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 10 to Apr 9 — about 5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 2.0 days of snow and an estimated 2 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 11 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 2
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan22
Feb23
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov11
Dec23

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Saint George, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 20 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around November 20. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 89% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 21 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around April 30. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 39% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 20 · 91%Feb 18 · 59%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6535
Feb6139
Mar6436
Apr7129
May7723
Jun8911
Jul8317
Aug8614
Sep8911
Oct8317
Nov7624
Dec6634

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 21, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 20, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.77:525:35
Feb10.67:316:06
Mar11.76:536:35
Apr12.96:067:03
May14.05:317:30
Jun14.55:197:51
Jul14.35:307:49
Aug13.45:557:21
Sep12.36:226:36
Oct11.06:485:50
Nov10.07:205:19
Dec9.57:475:14

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Saint George averages about 19 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 14 and 25 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.1 months, from around May 21 to Nov 21. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 14 sunny days — about 40% fewer than the June peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJun 2125 daysFeb 1914 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan16Bright
Feb13Mixed
Mar15Bright
Apr16Bright
May19Bright
Jun24Brilliant
Jul21Bright
Aug22Bright
Sep24Brilliant
Oct22Bright
Nov19Bright
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Saint George, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 4% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May10000
Jun10000
Jul9073
Aug8984
Sep9352
Oct10000
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Saint George is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 mphcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 21 · 5 mphJan 18 · 4 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Saint George

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Saint George throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early April, Saint George is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Saint George for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to late May and again from late September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 13 · 8.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan2.8poor
Feb4.1fair
Mar6.4good
Apr8.0ideal
May7.7ideal
Jun4.5fair
Jul2.6poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep6.1good
Oct8.3ideal
Nov5.9good
Dec2.6poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Saint George for hot-weather activities run from late April to late June and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 23 · 8.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Saint George, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 97°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 49°F), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Saint George sees daytime highs around 97°F and nights near 72°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Saint George by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saint George peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 11Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Saint George

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb30
Mar50
Apr60
May84.5
Jun8.56
Jul96.5
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct50
Nov1.50
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Saint George typically lasts about 298 days, from around February 5 to November 29 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 15 to November 4.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 550%Mar 1590%Nov 490%Nov 2950%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3731
Feb6028
Mar8913
Apr980
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov7325
Dec3631

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Saint George banks about 4,875 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar63
Apr254
May564
Jun845
Jul1,058
Aug1,006
Sep718
Oct346
Nov21
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Saint George receives about 5.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 8.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 26. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.8 kWh/m² — roughly 67% less than the June peak.

012345678910JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 188.5 kWhDec 192.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb4.0Moderate
Mar5.6Bright
Apr7.0Intense
May7.9Intense
Jun8.5Intense
Jul7.8Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep6.1Intense
Oct4.7Bright
Nov3.4Moderate
Dec2.8Moderate

Where is Saint George?

Saint George sits at 37.1°N, 113.6°W, 2,700 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Washington, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around Saint George

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Saint George.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Saint George has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 787 ft around an average of 2,805 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,959 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,045 ft.

The land around Saint George is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) within 2 miles, grassland (38%), shrubs (25%) and bare terrain (25%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (36%), grassland (26%) and trees (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
787 ft
10 miles
2,959 ft
50 miles
9,045 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Washington 4.3 mi · Hurricane 17 mi · Mesquite 34 mi · Cedar City 49 mi · Sunrise Manor 103 mi · Boulder City 104 mi · North Las Vegas 106 mi · Whitney 106 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Saint George (37.1041°, -113.5841°, elevation 2,700 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).