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Berlin vs Boulder

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Comparing Berlin change · Boulder change

Bottom line

Berlin and Boulder have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Berlin is the wetter, with 8 in more rain a year, and Boulder the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year
Wetter Berlin 8 in more a year
Sunnier Boulder 17 pp less cloud
Colder winters Boulder 13°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Berlin and Boulder, in everyday terms.

Summers

Boulder has much hotter summers

Berlin: Mild
Boulder: Hot

Winters

Berlin has much milder winters

Berlin: Cold
Boulder: Very cold

Rain & snow

Berlin is wetter

Berlin: Moderate rainfall
Boulder: Fairly dry

Sky

Boulder is sunnier

Berlin: Often cloudy
Boulder: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Berlin and Boulder run remarkably close all year.

20°40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct BerlinBoulder

Precipitation

Berlin is the wetter — about 8 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 01.53 JanAprJulOct BerlinBoulder

Clear skies

Boulder has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct BerlinBoulder

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) Boulder runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin384148596773777768574640
Boulder444656637284908880665344
Difference+6+5+8+4+5+11+13+11+12+9+7+4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin384148596773
Boulder444656637284
Difference+6+5+8+4+5+11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin777768574640
Boulder908880665344
Difference+13+11+12+9+7+4
Avg low (°F) Berlin runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin303135414955595952443732
Boulder161927344352585647352516
Difference-13-12-8-7-5-3-1-2-4-9-12-15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin303135414955
Boulder161927344352
Difference-13-12-8-7-5-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin595952443732
Boulder585647352516
Difference-1-2-4-9-12-15
Precipitation (in) Berlin runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin1.91.41.61.222.32.82.31.81.71.61.7
Boulder0.40.411.82.41.41.71.81.210.70.4
Difference-1.5-1-0.6+0.6+0.3-0.9-1.1-0.5-0.7-0.7-1-1.4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin1.91.41.61.222.3
Boulder0.40.411.82.41.4
Difference-1.5-1-0.6+0.6+0.3-0.9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin2.82.31.81.71.61.7
Boulder1.71.81.210.70.4
Difference-1.1-0.5-0.7-0.7-1-1.4
Snowfall (in)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin
Boulder5.25.363.10.50000.23.25.85.2
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin
Boulder5.25.363.10.50
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin
Boulder000.23.25.85.2
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Berlin runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin747372646769676766707576
Boulder575756595849505043465155
Difference-17-17-15-6-9-20-17-16-23-23-24-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin747372646769
Boulder575756595849
Difference-17-17-15-6-9-20
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin676766707576
Boulder505043465155
Difference-17-16-23-23-24-20
Relative humidity (%) Berlin runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin939085787366656572829294
Boulder565652505042434443475257
Difference-38-35-33-27-23-24-22-21-29-35-40-38
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Berlin939085787366
Boulder565652505042
Difference-38-35-33-27-23-24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Berlin656572829294
Boulder434443475257
Difference-22-21-29-35-40-38

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. Berlin trends → · Boulder trends →

Berlin is projected to shift from Cfb to Cfa by the 2071–2099 window (SSP2-4.5); Boulder from Cfa to BSk.

Methodology & sources

Berlin

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Berlin-tempelhof, a weather station, about 6 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.

Boulder

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Brighton 3 SE (NOAA GHCN station USC00050950), about 38 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.

How we build these numbers →