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Shanghai vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Shanghai is the warmer of the two — about 29°F on the annual average; Shanghai is the wetter, with 24 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Shanghai 29°F on the year

Wetter Shanghai 24 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 10 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 42°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Shanghai and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Shanghai has much hotter summers

Shanghai: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Shanghai has far milder winters

Shanghai: Chilly
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Shanghai is wetter

Shanghai: Wet
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Shanghai: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Shanghai is the warmer of the two — about 29°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Shanghai is the wetter — about 24 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte 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) Shanghai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	47	50	57	68	77	82	90	89	82	73	64	52
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-21	-20	-19	-21	-19	-12	-14	-15	-16	-19	-24	-25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	47	50	57	68	77	82
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-21	-20	-19	-21	-19	-12

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	90	89	82	73	64	52
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-14	-15	-16	-19	-24	-25

Avg low (°F) Shanghai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	36	38	44	53	63	71	78	78	72	62	51	40
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-42	-40	-37	-34	-35	-37	-39	-40	-41	-40	-42	-43

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	36	38	44	53	63	71
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-42	-40	-37	-34	-35	-37

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	78	78	72	62	51	40
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-39	-40	-41	-40	-42	-43

Precipitation (in) Shanghai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	2.9	2.5	3.6	2.9	3.3	8.4	5.9	8.5	3.5	2.5	2.3	1.8
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-0.2	—	-1.5	-0.9	-1.8	-7.4	-4	-6.6	-1.5	-0.8	-0.3	+0.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	2.9	2.5	3.6	2.9	3.3	8.4
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	-0.2	—	-1.5	-0.9	-1.8	-7.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	5.9	8.5	3.5	2.5	2.3	1.8
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-4	-6.6	-1.5	-0.8	-0.3	+0.5

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	62	65	67	66	70	79	69	62	63	58	57	54
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-7	-5	-7	-4	-9	-33	-12	-4	-17	-14	-8	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	62	65	67	66	70	79
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-7	-5	-7	-4	-9	-33

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	69	62	63	58	57	54
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-12	-4	-17	-14	-8	—

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	77	78	78	77	76	81	82	81	78	75	76	76
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+14	+16	+11	-1	-12	-29	-27	-22	-21	-13	+1	+13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	77	78	78	77	76	81
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+14	+16	+11	-1	-12	-29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	82	81	78	75	76	76
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-27	-22	-21	-13	+1	+13

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. Shanghai trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Shanghai

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Shanghai, a weather station, about 20 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.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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