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Isla Holbox vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Isla Holbox change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Isla Holbox is the warmer of the two — about 30°F on the annual average; Isla Holbox is the wetter, with 36 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Isla Holbox 30°F on the year

Wetter Isla Holbox 36 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 12 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 45°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Isla Holbox and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Isla Holbox has hotter summers

Isla Holbox: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Isla Holbox has far milder winters

Isla Holbox: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Isla Holbox is much wetter

Isla Holbox: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Isla Holbox: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Isla Holbox is the warmer of the two — about 30°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Isla Holbox is the wetter — about 36 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) Isla Holbox runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	83	86	89	92	93	92	92	93	92	88	85	83
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-38	-39	-34	-31	-22	-9	-6	-9	-15	-23	-31	-39

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	83	86	89	92	93	92
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-38	-39	-34	-31	-22	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	92	93	92	88	85	83
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-6	-9	-15	-23	-31	-39

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	58	59	60	64	67	69	69	69	70	67	64	60
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-44	-42	-39	-39	-36	-32	-20	-21	-30	-38	-43	-47

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	58	59	60	64	67	69
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-44	-42	-39	-39	-36	-32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	69	69	70	67	64	60
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-20	-21	-30	-38	-43	-47

Precipitation (in) Isla Holbox runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	1.8	1.6	0.9	2	3.5	6.6	5.7	6.3	7.8	6.5	3.8	1.9
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.7	-0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-2.9	-6.2	-3.8	-4.2	-6.5	-5.2	-3.1	-1.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	1.8	1.6	0.9	2	3.5	6.6
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.7	-0.6	+0.1	-1.3	-2.9	-6.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	5.7	6.3	7.8	6.5	3.8	1.9
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-3.8	-4.2	-6.5	-5.2	-3.1	-1.1

Cloud cover (%) Isla Holbox runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	55	46	44	45	50	60	55	56	58	57	53	53
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-7	+3	+2	-4	-13	-33	-6	-9	-26	-25	-16	-5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	55	46	44	45	50	60
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-7	+3	+2	-4	-13	-33

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	55	56	58	57	53	53
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-6	-9	-26	-25	-16	-5

Relative humidity (%) Isla Holbox runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	76	75	71	71	73	82	82	82	85	84	80	78
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-15	-18	-22	-30	-38	-57	-46	-39	-44	-42	-29	-18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	76	75	71	71	73	82
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-15	-18	-22	-30	-38	-57

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	82	82	85	84	80	78
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-46	-39	-44	-42	-29	-18

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. Isla Holbox trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Isla Holbox

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Solferino, about 20 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.

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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