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Crans-Montana vs Breckenridge

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Comparing Crans-Montana change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Crans-Montana is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average; Crans-Montana is the wetter, with 102 mm more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Crans-Montana 5°C on the year
Wetter Crans-Montana 102 mm more a year
Sunnier Breckenridge 9 pp less cloud
Colder winters Breckenridge 11°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Crans-Montana and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Crans-Montana: Mild
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Crans-Montana has much milder winters

Crans-Montana: Cold
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Crans-Montana is wetter

Crans-Montana: Moderate rainfall
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Crans-Montana: Often cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Crans-Montana is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average.

-20°20° JanAprJulOct Crans-MontanaBreckenridge

Precipitation

Crans-Montana is the wetter — about 102 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 050100 JanAprJulOct Crans-MontanaBreckenridge

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct Crans-MontanaBreckenridge

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Crans-Montana runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana2261015192120161263
Breckenridge-2-047121821191693-2
Difference-4-3-2-3-3-1-1-3-3-5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Crans-Montana226101519
Breckenridge-2-0471218
Difference-4-3-2-3-3-1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana2120161263
Breckenridge21191693-2
Difference-1-3-3-5
Avg low (°C) Crans-Montana runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana-5-6-3158101073-1-4
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-4043-1-6-12-16
Difference-11-10-10-9-8-8-6-7-7-9-10-12
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Crans-Montana-5-6-3158
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-40
Difference-11-10-10-9-8-8
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana101073-1-4
Breckenridge43-1-6-12-16
Difference-6-7-7-9-10-12
Precipitation (mm) Crans-Montana runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana766153497873808855596796
Breckenridge757379926229455641516564
Difference-1+13+26+43-16-44-35-32-14-8-2-32
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Crans-Montana766153497873
Breckenridge757379926229
Difference-1+13+26+43-16-44
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana808855596796
Breckenridge455641516564
Difference-35-32-14-8-2-32
Cloud cover (%) Crans-Montana runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana686968697265595961667171
Breckenridge586464696650555848515559
Difference-10-5-4-6-15-4-1-13-16-16-13
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Crans-Montana686968697265
Breckenridge586464696650
Difference-10-5-4-6-15
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana595961667171
Breckenridge555848515559
Difference-4-1-13-16-16-13
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana848484807978777679818584
Breckenridge929490776654566057637789
Difference+8+10+6-3-13-24-21-17-22-18-8+6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Crans-Montana848484807978
Breckenridge929490776654
Difference+8+10+6-3-13-24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Crans-Montana777679818584
Breckenridge566057637789
Difference-21-17-22-18-8+6

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. Crans-Montana trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Crans-Montana

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Montana, about 2 km from the city centre.

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.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 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.

How we build these numbers →