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Kaohsiung vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Kaohsiung is the warmer of the two — about 43°F on the annual average; Kaohsiung is the wetter, with 33 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Kaohsiung 43°F on the year

Wetter Kaohsiung 33 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 6 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 65°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Kaohsiung and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Kaohsiung has much hotter summers

Kaohsiung: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Kaohsiung has far milder winters

Kaohsiung: Stays warm
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Kaohsiung is much wetter

Kaohsiung: Wet
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Kaohsiung: Partly cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Kaohsiung is the warmer of the two — about 43°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Kaohsiung is the wetter — about 33 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte has the clearer skies — the higher line.

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) Kaohsiung runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	72	74	78	83	87	89	90	89	89	86	81	74
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-46	-44	-40	-36	-28	-18	-13	-15	-22	-31	-41	-47

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	72	74	78	83	87	89
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-46	-44	-40	-36	-28	-18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	90	89	89	86	81	74
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-13	-15	-22	-31	-41	-47

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	58	60	65	72	77	80	81	80	79	74	69	62
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-65	-62	-58	-53	-49	-46	-41	-42	-48	-52	-60	-66

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	58	60	65	72	77	80
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-65	-62	-58	-53	-49	-46

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	81	80	79	74	69	62
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-41	-42	-48	-52	-60	-66

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.2	5.7	13.1	10.6	14	6.3	1.1	0.8	0.6
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+2	+1.9	+1.2	-0.2	-4.2	-12.2	-8.6	-12	-4.3	+0.6	+1.2	+1.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.2	5.7	13.1
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	+2	+1.9	+1.2	-0.2	-4.2	-12.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	10.6	14	6.3	1.1	0.8	0.6
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-8.6	-12	-4.3	+0.6	+1.2	+1.7

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	53	61	64	68	70	71	66	68	59	47	50	51
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+1	—	-5	-5	-9	-25	-9	-10	-14	-3	-1	+3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	53	61	64	68	70	71
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	+1	—	-5	-5	-9	-25

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	66	68	59	47	50	51
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-9	-10	-14	-3	-1	+3

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	77	78	78	79	82	85	84	85	83	80	79	77
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+14	+16	+11	-3	-17	-34	-28	-26	-26	-17	-2	+12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kaohsiung	77	78	78	79	82	85
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+14	+16	+11	-3	-17	-34

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	84	85	83	80	79	77
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-28	-26	-26	-17	-2	+12

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. Kaohsiung trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Kaohsiung

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Tainan, a weather station, about 44 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.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 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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