Home › Compare › Saint John’s vs Breckenridge

Saint John’s vs Breckenridge

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Dsc Mediterranean-influenced subarctic

Comparing Saint John’s change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Saint John’s is the warmer of the two — about 47°F on the annual average; Saint John’s is the wetter, with 11 in more rain a year, and Saint John’s the sunnier.

Warmer Saint John’s 47°F on the year

Wetter Saint John’s 11 in more a year

Sunnier Saint John’s 13 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 69°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Saint John’s and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Saint John’s has far hotter summers

Saint John’s: Hot
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Saint John’s has far milder winters

Saint John’s: Stays warm
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Saint John’s is wetter

Saint John’s: Moderate rainfall
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Saint John’s is sunnier

Saint John’s: Fairly sunny
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Saint John’s is the warmer of the two — about 47°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Saint John’s is the wetter — about 11 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Saint John’s has the clearer skies — the higher line.

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) Saint John’s runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	83	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	88	88	86	84
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-54	-52	-45	-40	-33	-23	-18	-22	-28	-39	-49	-56

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	83	83	84	85	86	87
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-54	-52	-45	-40	-33	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	88	88	88	88	86	84
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-18	-22	-28	-39	-49	-56

Avg low (°F) Saint John’s runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	72	72	73	74	76	77	77	77	77	76	75	73
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-69	-67	-63	-57	-50	-45	-39	-40	-46	-54	-64	-70

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	72	72	73	74	76	77
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-69	-67	-63	-57	-50	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	77	77	77	76	75	73
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-39	-40	-46	-54	-64	-70

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	2.3	1.4	1.3	2.3	3.7	3.2	4	4.3	4	5	4.8	3.2
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+0.7	+1.5	+1.8	+1.3	-1.2	-2	-2.2	-2.1	-2.4	-3	-2.2	-0.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	2.3	1.4	1.3	2.3	3.7	3.2
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	+0.7	+1.5	+1.8	+1.3	-1.2	-2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	4	4.3	4	5	4.8	3.2
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-2.2	-2.1	-2.4	-3	-2.2	-0.6

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	36	38	39	43	53	52	46	43	52	49	46	41
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+21	+26	+25	+26	+13	-2	+9	+14	-4	+2	+9	+18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	36	38	39	43	53	52
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	+21	+26	+25	+26	+13	-2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	46	43	52	49	46	41
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+9	+14	-4	+2	+9	+18

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	76	75	75	76	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	77
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+16	+19	+15	+1	-12	-24	-22	-19	-22	-16	-1	+13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Saint John’s	76	75	75	76	78	78
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	+16	+19	+15	+1	-12	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Saint John’s	78	79	79	79	78	77
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-22	-19	-22	-16	-1	+13

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. Saint John’s trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Saint John’s

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at V C Bird Intl, a weather station, about 6 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →

← change Saint John’s · change Breckenridge → · Saint John’s page · Breckenridge page