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Crested Butte vs Santa Fe

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Bottom line

Santa Fe is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average; Crested Butte is the wetter, with 13 in more rain a year, and Santa Fe the sunnier.

Warmer Santa Fe 18°F on the year

Wetter Crested Butte 13 in more a year

Sunnier Santa Fe 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 26°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Crested Butte and Santa Fe, in everyday terms.

Summers

Santa Fe has much hotter summers

Crested Butte: Mild
Santa Fe: Hot

Winters

Santa Fe has far milder winters

Crested Butte: Bitterly cold
Santa Fe: Very cold

Rain & snow

Crested Butte is much wetter

Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall
Santa Fe: Fairly dry

Sky

Santa Fe is sunnier

Crested Butte: Partly cloudy
Santa Fe: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Santa Fe is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Crested Butte is the wetter — about 13 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Santa Fe has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Santa Fe runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Santa Fe	44	50	59	66	76	87	89	86	80	68	54	44
Difference	+18	+20	+21	+20	+18	+17	+12	+12	+13	+13	+14	+17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Santa Fe	44	50	59	66	76	87
Difference	+18	+20	+21	+20	+18	+17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Santa Fe	89	86	80	68	54	44
Difference	+12	+12	+13	+13	+14	+17

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Santa Fe	20	23	28	34	43	52	58	56	49	38	27	20
Difference	+26	+25	+20	+15	+15	+19	+18	+18	+18	+16	+17	+23

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Santa Fe	20	23	28	34	43	52
Difference	+26	+25	+20	+15	+15	+19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Santa Fe	58	56	49	38	27	20
Difference	+18	+18	+18	+16	+17	+23

Precipitation (in) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Santa Fe	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.5
Difference	-2.3	-2.2	-1.4	-1.5	-0.9	-0.4	-0.2	—	-0.6	-0.5	-1.3	-1.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Santa Fe	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6
Difference	-2.3	-2.2	-1.4	-1.5	-0.9	-0.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Santa Fe	1.8	2	1.3	1.2	0.7	0.5
Difference	-0.2	—	-0.6	-0.5	-1.3	-1.8

Snowfall (in)

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

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

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

Cloud cover (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Santa Fe	45	48	45	45	42	37	53	51	37	34	36	45
Difference	-10	-12	-15	-18	-19	-9	-3	-7	-8	-10	-12	-8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Santa Fe	45	48	45	45	42	37
Difference	-10	-12	-15	-18	-19	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Santa Fe	53	51	37	34	36	45
Difference	-3	-7	-8	-10	-12	-8

Relative humidity (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Santa Fe	62	56	47	40	35	32	45	50	48	48	53	61
Difference	-29	-38	-42	-37	-29	-20	-11	-9	-9	-15	-24	-27

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Santa Fe	62	56	47	40	35	32
Difference	-29	-38	-42	-37	-29	-20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Santa Fe	45	50	48	48	53	61
Difference	-11	-9	-9	-15	-24	-27

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. Crested Butte trends → · Santa Fe trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

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.

Santa Fe

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Santa FE CO Muni AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00023049), about 17 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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