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Rainbow Bridge National Monument visitation by month and year

August is the busiest month at Rainbow Bridge, when the average temperature nearby is 83 degrees. December is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 38 degrees. An average August draws 1,528 visits where an average December draws 60. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 90.1 percent, from 115,108 in 2019 to 11,404 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Rainbow Bridge05001.0k1.5k2.0kJanuary: 30 visits on average, 38.2°FJanFebruary: 132 visits on average, 43.5°FFebMarch: 116 visits on average, 52.1°FMarApril: 92 visits on average, 59.4°FAprMay: 245 visits on average, 69.1°FMayJune: 833 visits on average, 80.0°FJunJuly: 1,711 visits on average, 85.3°FJulAugust: 1,528 visits on average, 82.5°FAugSeptember: 1,032 visits on average, 74.4°FSepOctober: 584 visits on average, 60.7°FOctNovember: 124 visits on average, 47.1°FNovDecember: 60 visits on average, 37.6°FDecJanuary: 38.2°F averageFebruary: 43.5°F averageMarch: 52.1°F averageApril: 59.4°F averageMay: 69.1°F averageJune: 80.0°F averageJuly: 85.3°F averageAugust: 82.5°F averageSeptember: 74.4°F averageOctober: 60.7°F averageNovember: 47.1°F averageDecember: 37.6°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°F90°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in0.5 in1.0 inJanuary: 0.57 in precipitationFebruary: 0.56 in precipitationMarch: 0.48 in precipitationApril: 0.36 in precipitationMay: 0.41 in precipitationJune: 0.12 in precipitationJuly: 0.55 in precipitationAugust: 0.75 in precipitationSeptember: 0.67 in precipitationOctober: 0.82 in precipitationNovember: 0.41 in precipitationDecember: 0.43 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Page Muni AP, 29 miles from the park's reference point at 4,310 feet, station USW00003162 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Rainbow Bridge0100k200k300k198019902000201020201979: 97,0661980: 113,8161981: 114,5551982: 172,1261983: 161,5511984: 177,9711985: 177,0381986: 283,5971987: 210,7081988: 238,3071989: 238,3071990: 255,4201991: 258,3461992: 256,1581993: 211,2541994: 298,6511995: 346,1511996: 325,5621997: 179,7911998: 195,9161999: 234,5502000: 197,6142001: 189,7502002: 167,7362003: 98,8652004: 73,6752005: 81,2062006: 87,6422007: 81,6072008: 95,5672009: 113,4602010: 104,5012011: 92,3112012: 75,2142013: 54,7732014: 62,9102015: 77,2702016: 86,3692017: 108,4182018: 110,9042019: 115,1082020: 3,5732021: 3,2902022: 812023: 1652024: 17,4882025: 11,4042025: 11k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202511,404-34.8%
202417,488+10498.8%
2023165+103.7%
202281-97.5%
20213,290-7.9%
20203,573-96.9%
2019115,108+3.8%
2018110,904+2.3%
2017108,418+25.5%
201686,369+11.8%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00003162, 4,310 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.