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Gordes vs Tusayan

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Comparing Gordes change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Gordes is the warmer of the two — about 12°F on the annual average; Gordes is the wetter, with 7 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Gordes 12°F on the year

Wetter Gordes 7 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 14 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 19°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Gordes and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Gordes has hotter summers

Gordes: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Gordes has much milder winters

Gordes: Chilly
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Gordes is wetter

Gordes: Fairly dry
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Gordes: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Gordes is the warmer of the two — about 12°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Gordes is the wetter — about 7 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) Gordes runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	52	54	63	69	76	85	90	89	80	71	59	52
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-7	-8	-8	-8	-5	-2	-4	-6	-4	-5	-5	-8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Gordes	52	54	63	69	76	85
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-7	-8	-8	-8	-5	-2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	90	89	80	71	59	52
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-4	-6	-4	-5	-5	-8

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	33	33	39	44	51	58	62	61	55	49	40	34
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-18	-17	-18	-20	-20	-20	-13	-13	-15	-20	-20	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Gordes	33	33	39	44	51	58
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-18	-17	-18	-20	-20	-20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	62	61	55	49	40	34
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-13	-13	-15	-20	-20	-20

Precipitation (in) Gordes runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.7	1.1	2.3	2.6	3.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.1	-1.1	-1	+1.2	+1	-1	-1.3	-2.5	-0.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Gordes	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.3
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.1	-1.1	-1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	0.7	1.1	2.3	2.6	3.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.2	+1	-1	-1.3	-2.5	-0.4

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	58	57	57	61	61	51	41	44	50	59	61	60
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-10	-8	-11	-20	-24	-23	+9	+2	-18	-27	-24	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Gordes	58	57	57	61	61	51
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-10	-8	-11	-20	-24	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	41	44	50	59	61	60
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+9	+2	-18	-27	-24	-12

Relative humidity (%) Gordes runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	84	79	75	71	66	58	50	52	62	74	82	84
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-22	-22	-26	-30	-31	-33	-14	-9	-22	-32	-31	-23

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Gordes	84	79	75	71	66	58
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-22	-22	-26	-30	-31	-33

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gordes	50	52	62	74	82	84
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-14	-9	-22	-32	-31	-23

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. Gordes trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Gordes

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 21 years of daily observations at Carpentras, a weather station, about 22 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 →

← change Gordes · change Tusayan → · Gordes page · Tusayan page