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Typical January weather

Moab

Utah · January

The desert freezes at night and nobody is here.

44° days
21° nights

about 2 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight

What to pack

What January feels like

January is the emptiest Moab gets — some outfitters shut entirely and the town is genuinely quiet. The potholes on the slickrock ice over most nights, which is why locals will tell you an alpine-start hike is a bad idea until the sun has been up a while.

Real rain shows up about 2 days all month; the rest stay dry. Nearly every night dips below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high44°
Typical low21°
Days with real rain2
Total rain0.7 in
Snowfall1.7 in
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:34 am / 5:21 pm

How January compares

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