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Darwin vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

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Bottom line

Darwin is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average; Darwin is the wetter, with 57 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Darwin 35°F on the year

Wetter Darwin 57 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 15 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 53°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Darwin and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Darwin has hotter summers

Darwin: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Darwin has far milder winters

Darwin: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Darwin is much wetter

Darwin: Very wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Darwin: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Darwin is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Darwin is the wetter — about 57 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) Darwin runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	90	89	90	91	90	88	88	89	91	93	93	91
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-45	-42	-35	-30	-19	-4	-2	-6	-15	-27	-38	-47

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Darwin	90	89	90	91	90	88
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-45	-42	-35	-30	-19	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	88	89	91	93	93	91
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-2	-6	-15	-27	-38	-47

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	77	77	76	75	72	67	66	67	73	76	77	77
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-62	-60	-55	-50	-41	-29	-17	-19	-33	-47	-57	-64

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Darwin	77	77	76	75	72	67
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-62	-60	-55	-50	-41	-29

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	66	67	73	76	77	77
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-17	-19	-33	-47	-57	-64

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	17.9	15.2	11.4	4.2	0.9	0.1	0	0	0.7	2.7	5.6	11
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-16.8	-14.2	-10.4	-3.4	-0.3	+0.3	+1.9	+2.1	+0.7	-1.4	-4.9	-10.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Darwin	17.9	15.2	11.4	4.2	0.9	0.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-16.8	-14.2	-10.4	-3.4	-0.3	+0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	0	0	0.7	2.7	5.6	11
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.9	+2.1	+0.7	-1.4	-4.9	-10.2

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	87	85	73	55	41	37	32	34	40	47	61	81
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-38	-36	-27	-14	-4	-9	+17	+12	-7	-15	-24	-33

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Darwin	87	85	73	55	41	37
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-38	-36	-27	-14	-4	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	32	34	40	47	61	81
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+17	+12	-7	-15	-24	-33

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	82	82	79	75	68	60	56	55	60	63	69	77
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-20	-25	-30	-34	-33	-35	-19	-12	-20	-21	-18	-17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Darwin	82	82	79	75	68	60
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-20	-25	-30	-34	-33	-35

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Darwin	56	55	60	63	69	77
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-19	-12	-20	-21	-18	-17

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. Darwin trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Darwin

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Darwin Airport Comparison, 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.

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 →

← change Darwin · change Tusayan → · Darwin page · Tusayan page