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Vancouver vs Breckenridge

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Bottom line

Vancouver is the warmer of the two — about 19°F on the annual average; Vancouver is the wetter, with 31 in more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Vancouver 19°F on the year

Wetter Vancouver 31 in more a year

Sunnier Breckenridge 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 34°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Vancouver and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Vancouver has hotter summers

Vancouver: Mild
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Vancouver has far milder winters

Vancouver: Chilly
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Vancouver is wetter

Vancouver: Wet
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Vancouver: Often cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Vancouver is the warmer of the two — about 19°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Vancouver is the wetter — about 31 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Breckenridge 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) Vancouver runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	45	47	51	57	64	68	73	73	67	57	49	45
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-16	-16	-12	-12	-10	-4	-4	-7	-7	-9	-12	-17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	45	47	51	57	64	68
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-16	-16	-12	-12	-10	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	73	73	67	57	49	45
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-4	-7	-7	-9	-12	-17

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	38	38	40	44	50	55	59	59	54	47	41	38
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-34	-33	-30	-28	-25	-22	-20	-22	-23	-26	-30	-34

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	38	38	40	44	50	55
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-34	-33	-30	-28	-25	-22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	59	59	54	47	41	38
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-20	-22	-23	-26	-30	-34

Precipitation (in) Vancouver runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	8.8	4.6	6.4	4.5	2.9	2.4	1.5	1.8	3	6.2	9.6	8
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-5.8	-1.8	-3.3	-0.9	-0.4	-1.2	+0.2	+0.4	-1.4	-4.2	-7.1	-5.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	8.8	4.6	6.4	4.5	2.9	2.4
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	-5.8	-1.8	-3.3	-0.9	-0.4	-1.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	1.5	1.8	3	6.2	9.6	8
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+0.2	+0.4	-1.4	-4.2	-7.1	-5.5

Snowfall (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	—	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	—	+40.9	+43.5	+46.1	—	—	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	—	0	0	0	—	—
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7
Difference	—	+40.9	+43.5	+46.1	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	0	0	0	0	—	—
Breckenridge	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	—	—

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	77	73	77	75	70	70	52	51	55	71	77	77
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-19	-9	-12	-6	-4	-20	+3	+7	-7	-20	-23	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	77	73	77	75	70	70
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	-19	-9	-12	-6	-4	-20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	52	51	55	71	77	77
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+3	+7	-7	-20	-23	-19

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	94	92	90	84	78	78	77	78	80	85	91	94
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-2	+3	—	-7	-12	-24	-21	-18	-23	-23	-15	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Vancouver	94	92	90	84	78	78
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	-2	+3	—	-7	-12	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Vancouver	77	78	80	85	91	94
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-21	-18	-23	-23	-15	-4

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. Vancouver trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Vancouver

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Vancouver Harbour CS, 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.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 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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