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Cartagena vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 49°F on the annual average; Cartagena is the wetter, with 12 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Cartagena 49°F on the year

Wetter Cartagena 12 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 7 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 81°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

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

Summers

Cartagena has much hotter summers

Cartagena: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Cartagena has far milder winters

Cartagena: Stays warm
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Cartagena is wetter

Cartagena: Moderate rainfall
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Cartagena: Partly cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 49°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cartagena is the wetter — about 12 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) Cartagena runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	90	89	89	89
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-62	-58	-50	-42	-31	-19	-14	-16	-23	-34	-49	-62

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	88	88	88	89	89	90
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-62	-58	-50	-42	-31	-19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	90	90	90	89	89	89
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-14	-16	-23	-34	-49	-62

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	75	76	77	78	79	79	78	79	78	78	78	77
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-81	-77	-69	-59	-51	-45	-39	-40	-47	-56	-68	-81

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	75	76	77	78	79	79
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-81	-77	-69	-59	-51	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	78	79	78	78	78	77
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-39	-40	-47	-56	-68	-81

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	4.2	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.7	7.3	5.6	2
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+2.4	+2.2	+2	+1.3	-2.7	-2.7	-1.5	-1.7	-1.8	-5.6	-3.6	+0.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	4.2	3.6
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	+2.4	+2.2	+2	+1.3	-2.7	-2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	3.5	3.7	3.7	7.3	5.6	2
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-1.5	-1.7	-1.8	-5.6	-3.6	+0.2

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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
Cartagena	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	32	38	49	65	75	72	70	74	79	78	65	42
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+22	+22	+11	-2	-14	-26	-13	-16	-33	-34	-17	+11

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	32	38	49	65	75	72
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	+22	+22	+11	-2	-14	-26

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	70	74	79	78	65	42
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-13	-16	-33	-34	-17	+11

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	78	75	75	78	81	81	81	82	82	83	82	81
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+14	+19	+14	-1	-17	-30	-26	-23	-25	-20	-5	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	78	75	75	78	81	81
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+14	+19	+14	-1	-17	-30

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	81	82	82	83	82	81
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-26	-23	-25	-20	-5	+8

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. Cartagena trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Cartagena

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Rafael Nunez, a weather station, about 5 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.

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