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Lisbon vs Memphis

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Comparing Lisbon change · Memphis change

Bottom line

Lisbon and Memphis have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Memphis is the wetter, with 26 in more rain a year.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year
Wetter Memphis 26 in more a year
Sunnier About the same similar amount of sun
Colder winters Memphis 14°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Lisbon and Memphis, in everyday terms.

Summers

Memphis has much hotter summers

Lisbon: Warm
Memphis: Hot

Winters

Lisbon has much milder winters

Lisbon: Cool
Memphis: Chilly

Rain & snow

Memphis is wetter

Lisbon: Moderate rainfall
Memphis: Wet

Sky

Similar amounts of sun

Lisbon: Partly cloudy
Memphis: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Lisbon and Memphis run remarkably close all year.

20°40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct LisbonMemphis

Precipitation

Memphis is the wetter — about 26 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 036 JanAprJulOct LisbonMemphis

Clear skies

The two cities see a similar amount of sun.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct LisbonMemphis

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) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon596165687378828379736459
Memphis515664738289929286756353
Difference-8-6-1+5+9+11+10+8+7+2-2-6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon596165687378
Memphis515664738289
Difference-8-6-1+5+9+11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon828379736459
Memphis929286756353
Difference+10+8+7+2-2-6
Avg low (°F) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon484952545862656664605349
Memphis333744536270747366544336
Difference-14-12-8-1+4+8+9+7+2-6-11-13
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon484952545862
Memphis333744536270
Difference-14-12-8-1+4+8
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon656664605349
Memphis747366544336
Difference+9+7+2-6-11-13
Precipitation (in) Memphis runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon42.52.92.62.20.50.10.31.44.43.94
Memphis4.14.65.75.95.344.83.4344.75.5
Difference+0.1+2.1+2.8+3.3+3+3.5+4.7+3.1+1.6-0.4+0.8+1.5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon42.52.92.62.20.5
Memphis4.14.65.75.95.34
Difference+0.1+2.1+2.8+3.3+3+3.5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon0.10.31.44.43.94
Memphis4.83.4344.75.5
Difference+4.7+3.1+1.6-0.4+0.8+1.5
Snowfall (in)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon
Memphis0.910.500000000.10.2
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon
Memphis0.910.5000
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon
Memphis00000.10.2
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon605858585348434148576062
Memphis626662585953504644465461
Difference+3+8+4+5+5+8+5-4-11-6-1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon605858585348
Memphis626662585953
Difference+3+8+4+5+5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon434148576062
Memphis504644465461
Difference+8+5-4-11-6-1
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon818080797980808081818182
Memphis848381787873696463677583
Difference+4+2+1-1-1-6-11-16-18-14-5+1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Lisbon818080797980
Memphis848381787873
Difference+4+2+1-1-1-6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Lisbon808081818182
Memphis696463677583
Difference-11-16-18-14-5+1

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. Lisbon trends → · Memphis trends →

Both cities' Köppen climate types are projected to hold steady through 2099 (SSP2-4.5).

Methodology & sources

Lisbon

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Lisboa Geofisica, a weather station, inside the city. 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.

Memphis

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Memphis Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013893), about 12 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.

How we build these numbers →