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Kandy vs Tusayan

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Comparing Kandy change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Kandy is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average; Kandy is the wetter, with 70 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Kandy 35°F on the year

Wetter Kandy 70 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 30 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 56°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Kandy and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Kandy has hotter summers

Kandy: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Kandy has far milder winters

Kandy: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Kandy is much wetter

Kandy: Very wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Kandy: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Kandy is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Kandy is the wetter — about 70 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) Kandy runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	85	89	94	93	91	88	88	88	89	88	86	84
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-41	-42	-39	-32	-20	-5	-2	-5	-12	-22	-31	-40

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kandy	85	89	94	93	91	88
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-41	-42	-39	-32	-20	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	88	88	89	88	86	84
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-2	-5	-12	-22	-31	-40

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	70	71	72	74	77	77	76	76	76	75	73	71
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-55	-55	-52	-49	-46	-39	-27	-28	-35	-46	-53	-58

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kandy	70	71	72	74	77	77
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-55	-55	-52	-49	-46	-39

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	76	76	76	75	73	71
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-27	-28	-35	-46	-53	-58

Precipitation (in) Kandy runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	1.8	2.1	5.6	12.3	10.5	4.5	2.6	3.5	5.8	12.3	11.7	10.2
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.8	-1	-4.5	-11.6	-9.8	-4.2	-0.7	-1.4	-4.5	-11	-11	-9.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kandy	1.8	2.1	5.6	12.3	10.5	4.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.8	-1	-4.5	-11.6	-9.8	-4.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	2.6	3.5	5.8	12.3	11.7	10.2
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.7	-1.4	-4.5	-11	-11	-9.4

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	63	55	53	66	73	81	82	80	75	77	76	72
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-15	-6	-7	-26	-36	-53	-33	-34	-43	-45	-40	-24

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kandy	63	55	53	66	73	81
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-15	-6	-7	-26	-36	-53

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	82	80	75	77	76	72
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-33	-34	-43	-45	-40	-24

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	85	80	73	76	81	83	81	80	80	83	88	88
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-24	-22	-24	-35	-46	-58	-45	-37	-40	-41	-37	-28

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kandy	85	80	73	76	81	83
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-24	-22	-24	-35	-46	-58

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kandy	81	80	80	83	88	88
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-45	-37	-40	-41	-37	-28

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. Kandy trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Kandy

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 10 years of daily observations at Kurunegala, a weather station, about 35 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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