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Nairobi vs Tusayan

Cwb Subtropical highland (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Nairobi change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Nairobi is the warmer of the two — about 21°F on the annual average; Nairobi is the wetter, with 24 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Nairobi 21°F on the year

Wetter Nairobi 24 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 21 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 39°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Nairobi and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has hotter summers

Nairobi: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Nairobi has far milder winters

Nairobi: Mild
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Nairobi is much wetter

Nairobi: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Nairobi: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

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

Precipitation

Nairobi is the wetter — about 24 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) Nairobi runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	81	83	83	79	77	75	74	75	79	81	78	78
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-36	-37	-28	-18	-6	+8	+12	+8	-2	-15	-23	-34

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	81	83	83	79	77	75
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-36	-37	-28	-18	-6	+8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	74	75	79	81	78	78
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+12	+8	-2	-15	-23	-34

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	56	56	58	59	58	55	52	53	54	57	58	58
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-42	-40	-38	-34	-27	-17	-4	-5	-14	-28	-38	-45

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	56	56	58	59	58	55
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-42	-40	-38	-34	-27	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	52	53	54	57	58	58
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-4	-5	-14	-28	-38	-45

Precipitation (in) Nairobi runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	3.5	2.7	2.8	5.9	5.4	1.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	2	8.6	2.9
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-2.5	-1.7	-1.7	-5.2	-4.8	-0.9	+1.4	+1.5	+1	-0.7	-7.9	-2.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	3.5	2.7	2.8	5.9	5.4	1.2
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-2.5	-1.7	-1.7	-5.2	-4.8	-0.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	0.5	0.6	0.3	2	8.6	2.9
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.4	+1.5	+1	-0.7	-7.9	-2.1

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	51	49	58	71	68	69	68	66	56	63	69	57
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-3	—	-12	-30	-31	-41	-18	-20	-24	-32	-32	-9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	51	49	58	71	68	69
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-3	—	-12	-30	-31	-41

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	68	66	56	63	69	57
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-18	-20	-24	-32	-32	-9

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	64	59	63	73	75	70	64	62	59	62	73	72
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-3	-2	-14	-32	-40	-45	-28	-19	-19	-20	-23	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	64	59	63	73	75	70
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-3	-2	-14	-32	-40	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	64	62	59	62	73	72
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-28	-19	-19	-20	-23	-12

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. Nairobi trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Nairobi

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Jomo Kenyatta Intl, a weather station, about 12 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 Nairobi · change Tusayan → · Nairobi page · Tusayan page