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Breckenridge vs Las Vegas

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Comparing Breckenridge change · Las Vegas change

Bottom line

Las Vegas is the warmer of the two — about 36°F on the annual average; Breckenridge is the wetter, with 25 in more rain a year, and Las Vegas the sunnier.

Warmer Las Vegas 36°F on the year

Wetter Breckenridge 25 in more a year

Sunnier Las Vegas 20 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 36°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Breckenridge and Las Vegas, in everyday terms.

Summers

Las Vegas has far hotter summers

Breckenridge: Mild
Las Vegas: Very hot

Winters

Las Vegas has far milder winters

Breckenridge: Bitterly cold
Las Vegas: Chilly

Rain & snow

Breckenridge is much wetter

Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall
Las Vegas: Very dry

Sky

Las Vegas is sunnier

Breckenridge: Partly cloudy
Las Vegas: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Las Vegas is the warmer of the two — about 36°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Breckenridge is the wetter — about 25 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Las Vegas has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Las Vegas	59	63	71	79	89	99	105	103	95	81	67	57
Difference	+30	+31	+32	+34	+35	+35	+35	+36	+35	+33	+30	+29

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Las Vegas	59	63	71	79	89	99
Difference	+30	+31	+32	+34	+35	+35

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Las Vegas	105	103	95	81	67	57
Difference	+35	+36	+35	+33	+30	+29

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Las Vegas	41	44	51	57	66	76	82	81	72	60	47	40
Difference	+37	+40	+40	+40	+41	+43	+44	+43	+41	+38	+36	+36

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Las Vegas	41	44	51	57	66	76
Difference	+37	+40	+40	+40	+41	+43

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Las Vegas	82	81	72	60	47	40
Difference	+44	+43	+41	+38	+36	+36

Precipitation (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Las Vegas	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5
Difference	-2.4	-2.1	-2.7	-3.4	-2.4	-1.1	-1.4	-1.9	-1.3	-1.7	-2.3	-2.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Las Vegas	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0
Difference	-2.4	-2.1	-2.7	-3.4	-2.4	-1.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Las Vegas	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5
Difference	-1.4	-1.9	-1.3	-1.7	-2.3	-2.1

Snowfall (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Difference	-44	-40.9	-43.5	-46.1	-20.2	-2.7	-0.2	-0.1	-4.2	-21.5	-33.6	-36.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Difference	-44	-40.9	-43.5	-46.1	-20.2	-2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Las Vegas	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Difference	-0.2	-0.1	-4.2	-21.5	-33.6	-36.4

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Las Vegas	48	49	46	41	38	27	36	33	25	31	38	47
Difference	-10	-15	-19	-28	-28	-24	-19	-25	-23	-19	-16	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Las Vegas	48	49	46	41	38	27
Difference	-10	-15	-19	-28	-28	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Las Vegas	36	33	25	31	38	47
Difference	-19	-25	-23	-19	-16	-12

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Las Vegas	48	45	39	30	24	16	21	24	24	28	36	45
Difference	-44	-49	-51	-47	-43	-38	-35	-36	-33	-35	-41	-44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Las Vegas	48	45	39	30	24	16
Difference	-44	-49	-51	-47	-43	-38

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Las Vegas	21	24	24	28	36	45
Difference	-35	-36	-33	-35	-41	-44

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. Breckenridge trends → · Las Vegas trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

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.

Las Vegas

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Mccarran Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00023169), about 12 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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