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Sendai vs Breckenridge

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Bottom line

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 21°F on the annual average; Sendai is the wetter, with 21 in more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Sendai 21°F on the year

Wetter Sendai 21 in more a year

Sunnier Breckenridge 17 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 26°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Sendai and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Sendai has much hotter summers

Sendai: Warm
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Sendai has far milder winters

Sendai: Cold
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Sendai is wetter

Sendai: Wet
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Sendai: Often grey
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 21°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Sendai is the wetter — about 21 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74	80	83	77	68	57	47
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-13	-12	-11	-15	-15	-9	-10	-16	-17	-19	-20	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-13	-12	-11	-15	-15	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	83	77	68	57	47
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-10	-16	-17	-19	-20	-19

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61	68	71	64	53	42	34
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-26	-25	-24	-27	-28	-28	-30	-34	-33	-32	-31	-30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-26	-25	-24	-27	-28	-28

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	68	71	64	53	42	34
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-30	-34	-33	-32	-31	-30

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+1.3	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9	-4.5	-5.3	-4	-6	-3.9	+0.3	+0.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	+1.3	+1.6	+0.2	+0.1	-1.9	-4.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-5.3	-4	-6	-3.9	+0.3	+0.8

Snowfall (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	8.3	7.1	4.3	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	+35.7	+33.8	+39.2	+45.7	+20.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	+33.6	+33

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	8.3	7.1	4.3	0.4	0	0
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7
Difference	+35.7	+33.8	+39.2	+45.7	+20.2	+2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
Breckenridge	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	+33.6	+33

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77	80	71	76	72	74	79
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-19	-11	-9	-2	-5	-27	-25	-13	-28	-22	-19	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	-19	-11	-9	-2	-5	-27

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	71	76	72	74	79
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-25	-13	-28	-22	-19	-20

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83	86	85	87	87	89	93
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-3	+1	+2	-5	-15	-29	-29	-25	-29	-24	-12	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	-3	+1	+2	-5	-15	-29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	86	85	87	87	89	93
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-29	-25	-29	-24	-12	-3

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. Sendai trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Sendai

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Sendai, about 3 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.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 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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