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Cartagena vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

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Bottom line

Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 37°F on the annual average; Cartagena is the wetter, with 22 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Cartagena 37°F on the year

Wetter Cartagena 22 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 20 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 62°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cartagena and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Cartagena has hotter summers

Cartagena: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Cartagena has far milder winters

Cartagena: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Cartagena is much wetter

Cartagena: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Cartagena: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cartagena is the warmer of the two — about 37°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cartagena is the wetter — about 22 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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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
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-43	-41	-33	-27	-18	-7	-4	-7	-13	-23	-34	-44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	88	88	88	89	89	90
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-43	-41	-33	-27	-18	-7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	90	90	90	89	89	89
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-4	-7	-13	-23	-34	-44

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
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-61	-59	-56	-53	-48	-41	-29	-30	-38	-49	-58	-64

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	75	76	77	78	79	79
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-61	-59	-56	-53	-48	-41

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	78	79	78	78	78	77
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-29	-30	-38	-49	-58	-64

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
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	—	-3.6	-3.2	-1.6	-1.6	-2.4	-6	-4.9	-1.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	4.2	3.6
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	—	-3.6	-3.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	3.5	3.7	3.7	7.3	5.6	2
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.6	-1.6	-2.4	-6	-4.9	-1.2

Cloud cover (%) Cartagena runs higher most of 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
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+16	+11	-3	-24	-38	-44	-20	-28	-46	-46	-29	+6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	32	38	49	65	75	72
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	+16	+11	-3	-24	-38	-44

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	70	74	79	78	65	42
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-20	-28	-46	-46	-29	+6

Relative humidity (%) Cartagena runs higher most of 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
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-16	-18	-26	-37	-46	-56	-45	-39	-42	-40	-32	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cartagena	78	75	75	78	81	81
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-16	-18	-26	-37	-46	-56

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cartagena	81	82	82	83	82	81
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-45	-39	-42	-40	-32	-20

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 → · Tusayan 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.

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 →

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