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Adelaide vs Tusayan

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Bottom line

Adelaide is the warmer of the two — about 17°F on the annual average; Adelaide is the wetter, with 8 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Adelaide 17°F on the year

Wetter Adelaide 8 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 8 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 33°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Adelaide and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Adelaide: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Adelaide has far milder winters

Adelaide: Cool
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Adelaide is wetter

Adelaide: Fairly dry
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Adelaide: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

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

Precipitation

Adelaide is the wetter — about 8 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan 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) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	86	85	80	73	66	61	60	62	67	72	78	82
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-41	-39	-25	-12	+5	+22	+26	+21	+10	-7	-23	-37

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Adelaide	86	85	80	73	66	61
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-41	-39	-25	-12	+5	+22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	60	62	67	72	78	82
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+26	+21	+10	-7	-23	-37

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	64	64	60	55	50	47	46	47	50	53	57	60
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-49	-47	-39	-30	-19	-9	+3	+2	-10	-24	-37	-47

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Adelaide	64	64	60	55	50	47
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-49	-47	-39	-30	-19	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	46	47	50	53	57	60
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	+3	+2	-10	-24	-37	-47

Precipitation (in) Adelaide runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	0.8	0.8	1	1.4	2.2	3	2.7	2.6	2.3	1.6	1.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-1.6	-2.6	-0.8	-0.5	-1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Adelaide	0.8	0.8	1	1.4	2.2	3
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-1.6	-2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	2.7	2.6	2.3	1.6	1.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.8	-0.5	-1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	44	42	43	48	52	52	50	49	51	52	51	49
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+5	+7	+2	-8	-15	-24	-1	-3	-19	-21	-15	-1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Adelaide	44	42	43	48	52	52
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	+5	+7	+2	-8	-15	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	50	49	51	52	51	49
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-1	-3	-19	-21	-15	-1

Relative humidity (%) Adelaide runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	52	53	58	63	73	79	80	76	72	64	59	54
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	+9	+4	-9	-22	-38	-54	-43	-34	-32	-22	-8	+6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Adelaide	52	53	58	63	73	79
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	+9	+4	-9	-22	-38	-54

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide	80	76	72	64	59	54
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-43	-34	-32	-22	-8	+6

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. Adelaide trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Adelaide

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Adelaide (kent Town), a weather station, about 2 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.

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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