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Tusayan vs Cape Town

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Comparing Tusayan change · Cape Town change

Bottom line

Cape Town is the warmer of the two — about 17°F on the annual average; Cape Town is the wetter, with 7 in more rain a year, and Cape Town the sunnier.

Warmer Cape Town 17°F on the year

Wetter Cape Town 7 in more a year

Sunnier Cape Town 6 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 31°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Tusayan and Cape Town, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has hotter summers

Tusayan: Warm
Cape Town: Warm

Winters

Cape Town has far milder winters

Tusayan: Very cold
Cape Town: Cool

Rain & snow

Cape Town is wetter

Tusayan: Fairly dry
Cape Town: Fairly dry

Sky

Cape Town is sunnier

Tusayan: Fairly sunny
Cape Town: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cape Town is the warmer of the two — about 17°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cape Town is the wetter — about 7 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Cape Town has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Cape Town	82	83	81	76	71	66	65	66	68	74	76	80
Difference	+37	+36	+26	+15	-1	-17	-21	-17	-8	+8	+22	+36

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Cape Town	82	83	81	76	71	66
Difference	+37	+36	+26	+15	-1	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Cape Town	65	66	68	74	76	80
Difference	-21	-17	-8	+8	+22	+36

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Cape Town	62	61	58	53	49	45	44	45	48	52	55	59
Difference	+47	+45	+38	+28	+18	+7	-5	-3	+8	+23	+35	+46

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Cape Town	62	61	58	53	49	45
Difference	+47	+45	+38	+28	+18	+7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Cape Town	44	45	48	52	55	59
Difference	-5	-3	+8	+23	+35	+46

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Cape Town	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.2	3.5	3.1	2.3	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.5
Difference	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+1.6	+2.6	+3.2	+1.2	+0.2	-0.1	+0.3	—	-0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Cape Town	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.2	3.5
Difference	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	+1.6	+2.6	+3.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Cape Town	3.1	2.3	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.5
Difference	+1.2	+0.2	-0.1	+0.3	—	-0.3

Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Cape Town	26	26	28	33	41	42	38	42	42	37	35	30
Difference	-23	-23	-18	-8	+3	+15	-11	-4	+10	+5	-1	-18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Cape Town	26	26	28	33	41	42
Difference	-23	-23	-18	-8	+3	+15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Cape Town	38	42	42	37	35	30
Difference	-11	-4	+10	+5	-1	-18

Relative humidity (%) Cape Town runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Cape Town	65	66	68	71	76	80	82	82	81	76	71	67
Difference	+4	+9	+19	+30	+41	+55	+45	+40	+40	+33	+20	+7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Cape Town	65	66	68	71	76	80
Difference	+4	+9	+19	+30	+41	+55

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Cape Town	82	82	81	76	71	67
Difference	+45	+40	+40	+33	+20	+7

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. Tusayan trends → · Cape Town trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

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.

Cape Town

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Cape Town Intl, a weather station, about 17 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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