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Calgary vs Santa Fe

Dwb Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continentalBSk Cold semi-arid

Comparing Calgary change · Santa Fe change

Bottom line

Santa Fe is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average; Calgary is the wetter, with 162 mm more rain a year, and Santa Fe the sunnier.

Warmer Santa Fe 7°C on the year
Wetter Calgary 162 mm more a year
Sunnier Santa Fe 23 pp less cloud
Colder winters Calgary 7°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Calgary and Santa Fe, in everyday terms.

Summers

Santa Fe has far hotter summers

Calgary: Mild
Santa Fe: Hot

Winters

Santa Fe has much milder winters

Calgary: Very cold
Santa Fe: Very cold

Rain & snow

Calgary is wetter

Calgary: Fairly dry
Santa Fe: Fairly dry

Sky

Santa Fe is far sunnier

Calgary: Often cloudy
Santa Fe: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Santa Fe is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct CalgarySanta Fe

Precipitation

Calgary is the wetter — about 162 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 055110 JanAprJulOct CalgarySanta Fe

Clear skies

Santa Fe has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CalgarySanta Fe

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) Santa Fe runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary-214111619232318114-0
Santa Fe7101519243131302720127
Difference+8+9+11+8+9+11+8+7+8+8+8+7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary-214111619
Santa Fe71015192431
Difference+8+9+11+8+9+11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary232318114-0
Santa Fe31302720127
Difference+8+7+8+8+8+7
Avg low (°C) Santa Fe runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary-14-11-8-2371094-1-8-12
Santa Fe-7-5-216111414103-3-7
Difference+7+6+5+3+3+4+4+5+5+5+5+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary-14-11-8-237
Santa Fe-7-5-21611
Difference+7+6+5+3+3+4
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary1094-1-8-12
Santa Fe1414103-3-7
Difference+4+5+5+5+5+5
Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary1011183258107635735171411
Santa Fe11917131614465034311813
Difference+1-2-1-19-42-93-17-7-1+14+3+2
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary1011183258107
Santa Fe11917131614
Difference+1-2-1-19-42-93
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary635735171411
Santa Fe465034311813
Difference-17-7-1+14+3+2
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary17162424110002111816
Santa Fe
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary17162424110
Santa Fe
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary002111816
Santa Fe
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Calgary runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary686768717170585861676865
Santa Fe454845454237535137343645
Difference-23-19-23-26-29-33-5-7-24-33-31-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary686768717170
Santa Fe454845454237
Difference-23-19-23-26-29-33
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary585861676865
Santa Fe535137343645
Difference-5-7-24-33-31-20
Relative humidity (%) Calgary runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary857970636164626164707782
Santa Fe625647403532455048485361
Difference-23-23-23-23-26-32-17-11-16-22-24-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Calgary857970636164
Santa Fe625647403532
Difference-23-23-23-23-26-32
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Calgary626164707782
Santa Fe455048485361
Difference-17-11-16-22-24-20

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. Calgary trends → · Santa Fe trends →

Methodology & sources

Calgary

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 21 years of daily observations at Calgary Int'l A, a weather station, about 8 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.

Santa Fe

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Santa FE CO Muni AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00023049), about 17 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.

How we build these numbers →