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Papeete vs Tusayan

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Comparing Papeete change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Papeete is the warmer of the two — about 34°F on the annual average; Papeete is the wetter, with 44 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Papeete 34°F on the year

Wetter Papeete 44 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 15 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 57°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Papeete and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Papeete has hotter summers

Papeete: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Papeete has far milder winters

Papeete: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Papeete is much wetter

Papeete: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Papeete: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Papeete is the warmer of the two — about 34°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Papeete is the wetter — about 44 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) Papeete runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	88	88	89	89	87	86	85	85	85	86	87	88
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-43	-42	-34	-27	-16	-3	+1	-1	-8	-20	-33	-43

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Papeete	88	88	89	89	87	86
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-43	-42	-34	-27	-16	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	85	85	85	86	87	88
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+1	-1	-8	-20	-33	-43

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	76	76	76	76	74	72	71	71	72	73	75	75
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-61	-59	-55	-51	-43	-34	-22	-23	-32	-44	-54	-62

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Papeete	76	76	76	76	74	72
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-61	-59	-55	-51	-43	-34

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	71	71	72	73	75	75
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-22	-23	-32	-44	-54	-62

Precipitation (in) Papeete runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	9.4	9.3	6.3	4	3.7	2.5	1.4	1.5	1.6	3.5	3.9	9.4
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-8.4	-8.2	-5.3	-3.3	-3.1	-2.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-2.2	-3.2	-8.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Papeete	9.4	9.3	6.3	4	3.7	2.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-8.4	-8.2	-5.3	-3.3	-3.1	-2.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	1.4	1.5	1.6	3.5	3.9	9.4
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-2.2	-3.2	-8.6

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	67	64	58	56	54	49	46	47	49	55	60	69
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-19	-14	-12	-16	-17	-21	+3	-1	-17	-24	-23	-21

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Papeete	67	64	58	56	54	49
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-19	-14	-12	-16	-17	-21

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	46	47	49	55	60	69
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+3	-1	-17	-24	-23	-21

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	80	81	80	80	79	78	77	77	77	78	79	81
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-19	-24	-31	-39	-44	-53	-41	-34	-37	-36	-29	-21

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Papeete	80	81	80	80	79	78
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-19	-24	-31	-39	-44	-53

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Papeete	77	77	77	78	79	81
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-41	-34	-37	-36	-29	-21

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. Papeete trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Papeete

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Tahiti Faa A, a weather station, about 5 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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