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San Jose vs Tusayan

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Bottom line

San Jose is the warmer of the two — about 13°F on the annual average; San Jose is the wetter, with 9 in more rain a year, and San Jose the sunnier.

Warmer San Jose 13°F on the year

Wetter San Jose 9 in more a year

Sunnier San Jose 6 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 26°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between San Jose and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

San Jose: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

San Jose has far milder winters

San Jose: Chilly
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

San Jose is wetter

San Jose: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

San Jose is sunnier

San Jose: Fairly sunny
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

San Jose is the warmer of the two — about 13°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

San Jose is the wetter — about 9 in more across the year.

Clear skies

San Jose has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) San Jose runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	59	62	66	70	76	82	85	85	83	76	65	58
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-14	-15	-12	-9	-4	+1	+1	-1	-6	-10	-10	-13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
San Jose	59	62	66	70	76	82
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-14	-15	-12	-9	-4	+1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	85	85	83	76	65	58
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+1	-1	-6	-10	-10	-13

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	40	41	43	45	49	53	56	56	54	49	43	40
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-25	-25	-22	-20	-19	-15	-7	-8	-14	-20	-23	-26

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
San Jose	40	41	43	45	49	53
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-25	-25	-22	-20	-19	-15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	56	56	54	49	43	40
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-7	-8	-14	-20	-23	-26

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0	0	0.1	0.8	2	4
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-4	-3.9	-2.4	-0.7	+0.1	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.5	-1.3	-3.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
San Jose	5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-4	-3.9	-2.4	-0.7	+0.1	+0.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	0	0	0.1	0.8	2	4
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.5	-1.3	-3.2

Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	55	53	49	42	33	20	14	14	16	26	41	52
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-7	-3	-3	-1	+4	+7	+36	+32	+16	+5	-5	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
San Jose	55	53	49	42	33	20
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-7	-3	-3	-1	+4	+7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	14	14	16	26	41	52
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+36	+32	+16	+5	-5	-4

Relative humidity (%) San Jose runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	83	83	82	79	76	71	69	69	67	68	75	80
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-21	-26	-34	-38	-41	-46	-33	-26	-27	-25	-24	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
San Jose	83	83	82	79	76	71
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-21	-26	-34	-38	-41	-46

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
San Jose	69	69	67	68	75	80
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-33	-26	-27	-25	-24	-20

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. San Jose trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

San Jose

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Los Gatos (NOAA GHCN station USC00045123), about 13 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.

Tusayan

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Grand Canyon NP AP, a weather station, about 4 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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