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Lillehammer vs Breckenridge

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Comparing Lillehammer change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Lillehammer is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average; Breckenridge is the wetter, with 10 in more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Lillehammer 8°F on the year

Wetter Breckenridge 10 in more a year

Sunnier Breckenridge 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 12°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Lillehammer and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Lillehammer has hotter summers

Lillehammer: Mild
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Lillehammer has much milder winters

Lillehammer: Very cold
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Breckenridge is wetter

Lillehammer: Fairly dry
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Lillehammer: Often cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Lillehammer is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Breckenridge is the wetter — about 10 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	27	31	41	52	62	69	73	69	61	48	38	29
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	+2	+1	-2	-7	-8	-5	-3	-2	-1	—	-1	-1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Lillehammer	27	31	41	52	62	69
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	+2	+1	-2	-7	-8	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	73	69	61	48	38	29
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-3	-2	-1	—	-1	-1

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	15	17	24	32	42	50	54	51	44	35	28	19
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-12	-12	-14	-15	-17	-17	-16	-14	-13	-14	-17	-15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Lillehammer	15	17	24	32	42	50
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-12	-12	-14	-15	-17	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	54	51	44	35	28	19
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-16	-14	-13	-14	-17	-15

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.1	2.7	2.9	2.2	1.8	1.3	1
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+2.2	+2.3	+2.6	+2.8	+0.3	-1	-0.9	-0.7	-0.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Lillehammer	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.1
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	+2.2	+2.3	+2.6	+2.8	+0.3	-1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	2.7	2.9	2.2	1.8	1.3	1
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-0.9	-0.7	-0.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	74	70	64	65	66	69	70	69	69	71	72	72
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-16	-6	—	+4	—	-19	-15	-11	-21	-21	-18	-13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Lillehammer	74	70	64	65	66	69
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	-16	-6	—	+4	—	-19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	70	69	69	71	72	72
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-15	-11	-21	-21	-18	-13

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	98	99	97	88	79	78	81	84	88	94	98	98
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-6	-4	-7	-11	-13	-24	-24	-25	-31	-31	-21	-9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Lillehammer	98	99	97	88	79	78
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	-6	-4	-7	-11	-13	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lillehammer	81	84	88	94	98	98
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-24	-25	-31	-31	-21	-9

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. Lillehammer trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Lillehammer

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 12 years of daily observations at Hamar II, a weather station, about 49 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.

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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