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Cancún vs Breckenridge

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Comparing Cancún change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Cancún is the warmer of the two — about 48°F on the annual average; Cancún is the wetter, with 25 in more rain a year, and Cancún the sunnier.

Warmer Cancún 48°F on the year

Wetter Cancún 25 in more a year

Sunnier Cancún 10 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 65°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cancún and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Cancún has far hotter summers

Cancún: Very hot
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Cancún has far milder winters

Cancún: Stays warm
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Cancún is wetter

Cancún: Wet
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Cancún is sunnier

Cancún: Fairly sunny
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cancún is the warmer of the two — about 48°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cancún is the wetter — about 25 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Cancún has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	84	86	89	92	94	93	95	95	94	90	87	85
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-55	-55	-50	-47	-40	-29	-25	-28	-33	-42	-49	-57

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cancún	84	86	89	92	94	93
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-55	-55	-50	-47	-40	-29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	95	95	94	90	87	85
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-25	-28	-33	-42	-49	-57

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	68	69	71	73	76	77	77	77	76	75	72	70
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-65	-64	-60	-57	-50	-44	-39	-40	-45	-53	-61	-67

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cancún	68	69	71	73	76	77
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-65	-64	-60	-57	-50	-44

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	77	77	76	75	72	70
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-39	-40	-45	-53	-61	-67

Precipitation (in) Cancún runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	4.1	2.3	1.5	1.7	3.4	7.3	2.6	4	7.1	10.9	5.2	3.8
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-1.1	+0.6	+1.6	+2	-1	-6.1	-0.9	-1.8	-5.5	-8.9	-2.6	-1.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cancún	4.1	2.3	1.5	1.7	3.4	7.3
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	-1.1	+0.6	+1.6	+2	-1	-6.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	2.6	4	7.1	10.9	5.2	3.8
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-0.9	-1.8	-5.5	-8.9	-2.6	-1.3

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	51	41	38	38	44	55	47	50	55	55	51	49
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+6	+23	+27	+31	+22	-5	+8	+8	-7	-5	+4	+10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cancún	51	41	38	38	44	55
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	+6	+23	+27	+31	+22	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	47	50	55	55	51	49
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+8	+8	-7	-5	+4	+10

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	76	75	72	73	74	81	80	80	82	83	79	78
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+16	+19	+17	+5	-8	-27	-24	-20	-25	-20	-2	+11

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cancún	76	75	72	73	74	81
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	+16	+19	+17	+5	-8	-27

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún	80	80	82	83	79	78
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-24	-20	-25	-20	-2	+11

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. Cancún trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Cancún

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Cancun, 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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