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St. Moritz vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

St. Moritz is the warmer of the two — about 2°F on the annual average; St. Moritz is the wetter, with 4 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer St. Moritz 2°F on the year

Wetter St. Moritz 4 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 14 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 10°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between St. Moritz and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Crested Butte has much hotter summers

St. Moritz: Mild
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

St. Moritz has much milder winters

St. Moritz: Bitterly cold
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

St. Moritz is wetter

St. Moritz: Moderate rainfall
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

St. Moritz: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

St. Moritz is the warmer of the two — about 2°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

St. Moritz is the wetter — about 4 in 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 (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	30	33	39	46	55	63	67	66	58	51	39	31
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-4	-3	-1	—	+3	+8	+10	+8	+8	+4	—	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	30	33	39	46	55	63
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-4	-3	-1	—	+3	+8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	67	66	58	51	39	31
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	+10	+8	+8	+4	—	-4

Avg low (°F) St. Moritz runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	4	4	15	24	32	38	40	40	34	27	18	8
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-10	-6	-7	-5	-4	-4	-1	-2	-3	-5	-9	-12

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	4	4	15	24	32	38
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-10	-6	-7	-5	-4	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	40	40	34	27	18	8
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-1	-2	-3	-5	-9	-12

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.6	3.6	3.4	4	2.9	3	2.7	1.4
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+1.6	+1.8	+1.2	+0.6	-1.1	-2.6	-1.4	-2	-1	-1.3	-0.8	+0.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.6	3.6
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	+1.6	+1.8	+1.2	+0.6	-1.1	-2.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	3.4	4	2.9	3	2.7	1.4
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-1.4	-2	-1	-1.3	-0.8	+0.8

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) St. Moritz runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	68	70	72	75	75	69	62	61	63	65	70	70
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-13	-10	-13	-12	-14	-23	-5	-3	-18	-22	-22	-16

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	68	70	72	75	75	69
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-13	-10	-13	-12	-14	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	62	61	63	65	70	70
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-5	-3	-18	-22	-22	-16

Relative humidity (%) St. Moritz runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	86	88	90	84	79	77	77	78	81	83	88	87
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+5	+6	-1	-8	-15	-26	-21	-19	-24	-21	-11	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
St. Moritz	86	88	90	84	79	77
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+5	+6	-1	-8	-15	-26

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Moritz	77	78	81	83	88	87
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-21	-19	-24	-21	-11	+2

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. St. Moritz trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

St. Moritz

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Samedan, about 4 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →

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