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Mendoza vs Crested Butte

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Comparing Mendoza change · Crested Butte change

Bottom line

Mendoza is the warmer of the two — about 15°C on the annual average; Crested Butte is the wetter, with 334 mm more rain a year, and Mendoza the sunnier.

Warmer Mendoza 15°C on the year
Wetter Crested Butte 334 mm more a year
Sunnier Mendoza 12 pp less cloud
Colder winters Crested Butte 24°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Mendoza and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Mendoza has much hotter summers

Mendoza: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Mendoza has far milder winters

Mendoza: Chilly
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Crested Butte is much wetter

Mendoza: Fairly dry
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Mendoza is sunnier

Mendoza: Fairly sunny
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Mendoza is the warmer of the two — about 15°C on the annual average.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct MendozaCrested Butte

Precipitation

Crested Butte is the wetter — about 334 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 03570 JanAprJulOct MendozaCrested Butte

Clear skies

Mendoza has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct MendozaCrested Butte

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 (°C) Mendoza runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza312927221815151821242730
Crested Butte-3-1481521252319134-3
Difference-34-30-23-14-3+6+10+6-1-11-23-33
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza312927221815
Crested Butte-3-1481521
Difference-34-30-23-14-3+6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza151821242730
Crested Butte252319134-3
Difference+10+6-1-11-23-33
Avg low (°C) Mendoza runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza1817151174358111417
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-2144-0-6-13-20
Difference-39-36-29-18-9-3+1-1-8-17-27-37
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza1817151174
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-21
Difference-39-36-29-18-9-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza358111417
Crested Butte44-0-6-13-20
Difference+1-1-8-17-27-37
Precipitation (mm) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza4044362315881015142628
Crested Butte696554513824505049435157
Difference+30+20+18+28+24+16+42+40+34+29+24+29
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza40443623158
Crested Butte696554513824
Difference+30+20+18+28+24+16
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza81015142628
Crested Butte505049435157
Difference+42+40+34+29+24+29
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza
Crested Butte106906946171003206688
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza
Crested Butte106906946171
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza
Crested Butte003206688
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza444443424946454040413938
Crested Butte546060636146575846444954
Difference+10+16+17+20+12+11+18+6+2+10+15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza444443424946
Crested Butte546060636146
Difference+10+16+17+20+12
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza454040413938
Crested Butte575846444954
Difference+11+18+6+2+10+15
Relative humidity (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza414549525755524542393737
Crested Butte919489766452565957637789
Difference+50+49+40+24+8-3+4+14+15+24+40+52
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Mendoza414549525755
Crested Butte919489766452
Difference+50+49+40+24+8-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mendoza524542393737
Crested Butte565957637789
Difference+4+14+15+24+40+52

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. Mendoza trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Mendoza

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Mendoza_observatorio, about 3 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →