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Verbier vs Crested Butte

Cfb Oceanic / temperateDfc Subarctic

Comparing Verbier change · Crested Butte change

Bottom line

Verbier is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average; Verbier is the wetter, with 233 mm more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Verbier 5°C on the year
Wetter Verbier 233 mm more a year
Sunnier Crested Butte 12 pp less cloud
Colder winters Crested Butte 16°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Verbier and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Crested Butte has hotter summers

Verbier: Mild
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Verbier has far milder winters

Verbier: Cold
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Verbier is wetter

Verbier: Moderate rainfall
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Verbier: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Verbier is the warmer of the two — about 5°C on the annual average.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct VerbierCrested Butte

Precipitation

Verbier is the wetter — about 233 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 050100 JanAprJulOct VerbierCrested Butte

Clear skies

Crested Butte has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct VerbierCrested Butte

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) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier2261015192120161263
Crested Butte-3-1481521252319134-3
Difference-5-4-3-2+3+4+3+3+1-2-5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier226101519
Crested Butte-3-1481521
Difference-5-4-3-2+3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier2120161263
Crested Butte252319134-3
Difference+4+3+3+1-2-5
Avg low (°C) Verbier runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier-5-6-3158101073-1-4
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-2144-0-6-13-20
Difference-16-13-11-8-7-7-6-6-7-9-11-16
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier-5-6-3158
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-21
Difference-16-13-11-8-7-7
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier101073-1-4
Crested Butte44-0-6-13-20
Difference-6-6-7-9-11-16
Precipitation (mm) Verbier runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier766153497873808855596796
Crested Butte696554513824505049435157
Difference-7+4+1+2-40-49-30-37-6-16-16-39
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier766153497873
Crested Butte696554513824
Difference-7+4+1+2-40-49
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier808855596796
Crested Butte505049435157
Difference-30-37-6-16-16-39
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier
Crested Butte106906946171003206688
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier
Crested Butte106906946171
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier
Crested Butte003206688
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Verbier runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier686968697265595961667171
Crested Butte546060636146575846444954
Difference-14-8-9-6-11-19-3-1-15-23-23-18
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier686968697265
Crested Butte546060636146
Difference-14-8-9-6-11-19
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier595961667171
Crested Butte575846444954
Difference-3-1-15-23-23-18
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier848484807978777679818584
Crested Butte919489766452565957637789
Difference+7+10+5-4-15-27-22-17-22-18-8+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Verbier848484807978
Crested Butte919489766452
Difference+7+10+5-4-15-27
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Verbier777679818584
Crested Butte565957637789
Difference-22-17-22-18-8+5

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. Verbier trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Verbier

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Montana, about 29 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.

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 →