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Basel vs Tusayan

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Comparing Basel change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Basel is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average; Basel is the wetter, with 20 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Basel 5°F on the year

Wetter Basel 20 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 27 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 18°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Basel and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has much hotter summers

Basel: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Basel has much milder winters

Basel: Cold
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Basel is much wetter

Basel: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Basel: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Basel is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Basel is the wetter — about 20 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) Tusayan runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	41	45	53	61	68	75	78	78	69	60	49	42
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+4	+2	+1	—	+3	+8	+8	+6	+8	+6	+6	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Basel	41	45	53	61	68	75
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	+4	+2	+1	—	+3	+8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	78	78	69	60	49	42
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+8	+6	+8	+6	+6	+2

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	31	32	37	42	49	56	59	59	52	46	38	33
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-17	-16	-16	-17	-18	-18	-10	-10	-12	-17	-18	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Basel	31	32	37	42	49	56
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-17	-16	-16	-17	-18	-18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	59	59	52	46	38	33
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-10	-10	-12	-17	-18	-19

Precipitation (in) Basel runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.5	3.8	3.4	3.5	3.5	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.6
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.8	-3.2	-3.1	-1.6	-1.4	-1.4	-1.6	-1.9	-1.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Basel	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.5	3.8	3.4
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.8	-3.2	-3.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	3.5	3.5	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.6
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.6	-1.4	-1.4	-1.6	-1.9	-1.8

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	71	70	68	69	70	66	61	60	62	70	75	74
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-23	-21	-22	-28	-33	-39	-11	-14	-30	-38	-38	-26

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Basel	71	70	68	69	70	66
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-23	-21	-22	-28	-33	-39

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	61	60	62	70	75	74
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-11	-14	-30	-38	-38	-26

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	91	88	83	79	79	77	76	76	80	86	90	91
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-29	-31	-34	-38	-44	-52	-39	-34	-40	-43	-40	-31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Basel	91	88	83	79	79	77
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-29	-31	-34	-38	-44	-52

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Basel	76	76	80	86	90	91
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-39	-34	-40	-43	-40	-31

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. Basel trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Basel

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Basel / Binningen, about 2 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.

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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