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Colombo vs Tusayan

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Comparing Colombo change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Colombo is the warmer of the two — about 37°F on the annual average; Colombo is the wetter, with 81 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Colombo 37°F on the year

Wetter Colombo 81 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 28 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 62°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Colombo and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Colombo has hotter summers

Colombo: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Colombo has far milder winters

Colombo: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Colombo is much wetter

Colombo: Very wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Colombo: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

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

Precipitation

Colombo is the wetter — about 81 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

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) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	88	89	89	90	89	86	87	86	86	86	87	87
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-44	-42	-35	-28	-18	-3	-1	-3	-9	-21	-33	-43

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Colombo	88	89	89	90	89	86
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-44	-42	-35	-28	-18	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	87	86	86	86	87	87
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-1	-3	-9	-21	-33	-43

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	75	77	79	81	82	81	80	80	80	79	79	77
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-61	-60	-59	-57	-51	-43	-31	-31	-40	-51	-59	-64

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Colombo	75	77	79	81	82	81
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-61	-60	-59	-57	-51	-43

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	80	80	80	79	79	77
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-31	-31	-40	-51	-59	-64

Precipitation (in) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	2.6	3.4	4.1	10.6	12.3	7	3.8	4.5	10.9	11.4	13.4	10.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.5	-2.3	-3.1	-9.9	-11.7	-6.6	-1.8	-2.4	-9.5	-10.1	-12.7	-9.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Colombo	2.6	3.4	4.1	10.6	12.3	7
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-1.5	-2.3	-3.1	-9.9	-11.7	-6.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	3.8	4.5	10.9	11.4	13.4	10.1
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.8	-2.4	-9.5	-10.1	-12.7	-9.3

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	59	53	53	65	73	77	77	74	73	76	78	70
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-11	-4	-8	-25	-36	-50	-27	-28	-41	-44	-41	-22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Colombo	59	53	53	65	73	77
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-11	-4	-8	-25	-36	-50

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	77	74	73	76	78	70
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-27	-28	-41	-44	-41	-22

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	79	75	73	80	85	86	86	86	85	85	84	82
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-17	-17	-24	-39	-50	-61	-50	-43	-45	-43	-34	-22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Colombo	79	75	73	80	85	86
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-17	-17	-24	-39	-50	-61

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	86	86	85	85	84	82
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-50	-43	-45	-43	-34	-22

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. Colombo trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Colombo

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 12 years of daily observations at Colombo, a weather station, about 4 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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