IF YOU GO When to go Located between the desert and the mountains, Sedona has become a year-round destination. Winter highs average in the 50s with lows barely dipping below freezing. Snow is rare in town, but icy roads are not uncommon as one heads up Oak Creek Canyon.
Spring brings pleasant temperatures and blossoms.
Late fall offers the warm hues of changing leaves. Summer provides desert dwellers a respite from the heat. Highs in Sedona tend to be 12 degrees cooler than Phoenix, so when it is 115 in the Valley of the Sun, its a balmy 103 in Sedona. Thunderstorms make August the wettest month. Sedona is located in north-central Arizona at the junction of Arizona 179 and Arizona 89A, about 119 miles north of Phoenix and 28 miles south of Flagstaff.