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Comparing Cambridge change · Denver change

Bottom line

Cambridge and Denver have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Cambridge is the wetter, with 8 in more rain a year, and Denver the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year
Wetter Cambridge 8 in more a year
Sunnier Denver 20 pp less cloud
Colder winters Denver 19°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cambridge and Denver, in everyday terms.

Summers

Denver has far hotter summers

Cambridge: Mild
Denver: Hot

Winters

Cambridge has much milder winters

Cambridge: Chilly
Denver: Very cold

Rain & snow

Cambridge is wetter

Cambridge: Moderate rainfall
Denver: Fairly dry

Sky

Denver is sunnier

Cambridge: Often grey
Denver: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cambridge and Denver run remarkably close all year.

20°40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

Precipitation

Cambridge is the wetter — about 8 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 01.53 JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

Clear skies

Denver has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

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) Denver runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge454651576267727266585045
Denver444656637284908880665344
Difference-1+5+6+10+17+18+16+14+8+3-1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge454651576267
Denver444656637284
Difference-1+5+6+10+17
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge727266585045
Denver908880665344
Difference+18+16+14+8+3-1
Avg low (°F) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge353537404550545449443935
Denver161927344352585647352516
Difference-19-16-10-6-1+2+4+3-2-9-14-19
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge353537404550
Denver161927344352
Difference-19-16-10-6-1+2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge545449443935
Denver585647352516
Difference+4+3-2-9-14-19
Precipitation (in) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge1.91.41.41.41.81.81.92.21.92.522
Denver0.40.411.82.41.41.71.81.210.70.4
Difference-1.5-1-0.4+0.4+0.6-0.3-0.2-0.4-0.7-1.5-1.4-1.6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge1.91.41.41.41.81.8
Denver0.40.411.82.41.4
Difference-1.5-1-0.4+0.4+0.6-0.3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge1.92.21.92.522
Denver1.71.81.210.70.4
Difference-0.2-0.4-0.7-1.5-1.4-1.6
Snowfall (in)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge
Denver5.25.363.10.50000.23.25.85.2
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge
Denver5.25.363.10.50
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge
Denver000.23.25.85.2
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge727374737275727271727271
Denver575756595849505043465155
Difference-15-16-18-14-14-26-22-22-28-26-21-15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge727374737275
Denver575756595849
Difference-15-16-18-14-14-26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge727271727271
Denver505043465155
Difference-22-22-28-26-21-15
Relative humidity (%) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge949186828079777882879395
Denver565652505042434443475257
Difference-38-35-34-32-30-36-34-34-39-40-41-38
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge949186828079
Denver565652505042
Difference-38-35-34-32-30-36
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge777882879395
Denver434443475257
Difference-34-34-39-40-41-38

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. Cambridge trends → · Denver trends →

Methodology & sources

Cambridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Bedford, a weather station, about 41 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.

Denver

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Brighton 3 SE (NOAA GHCN station USC00050950), about 26 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 →