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Toronto vs Crested Butte
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Toronto is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average; Toronto is the wetter, with 292 mm more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Toronto and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.
Summers
Toronto has hotter summers
Toronto: Warm
Crested Butte: Mild
Winters
Toronto has far milder winters
Toronto: Very cold
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold
Rain & snow
Toronto is wetter
Toronto: Moderate rainfall
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall
Sky
Crested Butte is sunnier
Toronto: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Toronto is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Toronto is the wetter — about 292 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
Crested Butte 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 (°C) Toronto runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | -1 | -0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Crested Butte | -3 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 4 | -3 |
| Difference | -2 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -5 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | -1 | -0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 25 |
| Crested Butte | -3 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 |
| Difference | -2 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -5 | -3 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 28 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Crested Butte | 25 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 4 | -3 |
| Difference | -3 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -4 | -5 |
Avg low (°C) Toronto runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | -9 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | -5 |
| Crested Butte | -21 | -19 | -14 | -7 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -0 | -6 | -13 | -20 |
| Difference | -13 | -11 | -10 | -9 | -10 | -12 | -12 | -12 | -12 | -11 | -13 | -15 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | -9 | -8 | -4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Crested Butte | -21 | -19 | -14 | -7 | -2 | 1 |
| Difference | -13 | -11 | -10 | -9 | -10 | -12 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | -5 |
| Crested Butte | 4 | 4 | -0 | -6 | -13 | -20 |
| Difference | -12 | -12 | -12 | -11 | -13 | -15 |
Precipitation (mm) Toronto runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 66 | 58 | 54 | 81 | 85 | 98 | 86 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 70 | 66 |
| Crested Butte | 69 | 65 | 54 | 51 | 38 | 24 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 51 | 57 |
| Difference | +4 | +7 | -1 | -30 | -46 | -74 | -35 | -27 | -30 | -31 | -19 | -8 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 66 | 58 | 54 | 81 | 85 | 98 |
| Crested Butte | 69 | 65 | 54 | 51 | 38 | 24 |
| Difference | +4 | +7 | -1 | -30 | -46 | -74 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 86 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 70 | 66 |
| Crested Butte | 50 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 51 | 57 |
| Difference | -35 | -27 | -30 | -31 | -19 | -8 |
Snowfall (cm) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 34 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| Crested Butte | 106 | 90 | 69 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 88 |
| Difference | +72 | +57 | +51 | +41 | +17 | +1 | — | — | +3 | +20 | +56 | +58 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 34 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Crested Butte | 106 | 90 | 69 | 46 | 17 | 1 |
| Difference | +72 | +57 | +51 | +41 | +17 | +1 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| Crested Butte | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 88 |
| Difference | — | — | +3 | +20 | +56 | +58 |
Cloud cover (%) Toronto runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 78 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 77 |
| Crested Butte | 54 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 46 | 57 | 58 | 46 | 44 | 49 | 54 |
| Difference | -23 | -14 | -13 | -11 | -11 | -21 | -6 | -4 | -16 | -28 | -27 | -24 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 78 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 67 |
| Crested Butte | 54 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 61 | 46 |
| Difference | -23 | -14 | -13 | -11 | -11 | -21 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 63 | 62 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 77 |
| Crested Butte | 57 | 58 | 46 | 44 | 49 | 54 |
| Difference | -6 | -4 | -16 | -28 | -27 | -24 |
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 90 | 88 | 82 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 89 |
| Crested Butte | 91 | 94 | 89 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 63 | 77 | 89 |
| Difference | +1 | +6 | +7 | -1 | -10 | -19 | -10 | -8 | -14 | -16 | -7 | — |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 90 | 88 | 82 | 77 | 74 | 70 |
| Crested Butte | 91 | 94 | 89 | 76 | 64 | 52 |
| Difference | +1 | +6 | +7 | -1 | -10 | -19 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 66 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 89 |
| Crested Butte | 56 | 59 | 57 | 63 | 77 | 89 |
| Difference | -10 | -8 | -14 | -16 | -7 | — |
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. Toronto trends → · Crested Butte trends →
Methodology & sources
Toronto
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Toronto North York, a weather station, about 10 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.
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.
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