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Canberra vs Tusayan

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Comparing Canberra change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Canberra is the warmer of the two — about 10°F on the annual average; Canberra is the wetter, with 10 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Canberra 10°F on the year

Wetter Canberra 10 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 17°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Canberra and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Canberra: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Canberra has much milder winters

Canberra: Cold
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Canberra is wetter

Canberra: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Canberra: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Canberra is the warmer of the two — about 10°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Canberra is the wetter — about 10 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	85	82	77	70	62	56	55	57	63	70	76	81
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-40	-35	-22	-8	+9	+27	+32	+26	+14	-4	-22	-37

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Canberra	85	82	77	70	62	56
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-40	-35	-22	-8	+9	+27

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	55	57	63	70	76	81
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+32	+26	+14	-4	-22	-37

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	56	55	50	42	35	33	30	31	36	41	47	52
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-41	-38	-29	-17	-4	+5	+19	+17	+4	-12	-27	-39

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Canberra	56	55	50	42	35	33
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-41	-38	-29	-17	-4	+5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	30	31	36	41	47	52
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	+19	+17	+4	-12	-27	-39

Precipitation (in) Canberra runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	2.2	2.3	1.6	1.1	1.1	2.1	1.5	1.8	2	1.8	2.5	2.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.2	-1.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-1.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	-1.8	-1.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Canberra	2.2	2.3	1.6	1.1	1.1	2.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-1.2	-1.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-1.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	1.5	1.8	2	1.8	2.5	2.5
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	-1.8	-1.8

Cloud cover (%) Canberra runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	57	59	53	48	46	50	44	44	48	54	59	58
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-9	-10	-8	-8	-9	-22	+6	+3	-16	-23	-23	-10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Canberra	57	59	53	48	46	50
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-9	-10	-8	-8	-9	-22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	44	44	48	54	59	58
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+6	+3	-16	-23	-23	-10

Relative humidity (%) Canberra runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	62	67	69	72	78	85	83	79	74	69	67	63
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	—	-10	-20	-32	-43	-60	-47	-36	-34	-27	-16	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Canberra	62	67	69	72	78	85
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	—	-10	-20	-32	-43	-60

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra	83	79	74	69	67	63
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-47	-36	-34	-27	-16	-3

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Canberra trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Canberra

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Canberra Forestry, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Tusayan

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Grand Canyon NP AP, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

← change Canberra · change Tusayan → · Canberra page · Tusayan page