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Garmisch-Partenkirchen vs Provincetown

Cfb Oceanic / temperateCfa Humid subtropical

Comparing Garmisch-Partenkirchen change · Provincetown change

Bottom line

Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Provincetown have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Provincetown is the wetter, with 16 in more rain a year, and Provincetown the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter Provincetown 16 in more a year

Sunnier Provincetown 7 pp less cloud

Colder winters Provincetown 4°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Provincetown, in everyday terms.

Summers

Provincetown has hotter summers

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Warm
Provincetown: Warm

Winters

Garmisch-Partenkirchen has milder winters

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Cold
Provincetown: Cold

Rain & snow

Provincetown is wetter

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Moderate rainfall
Provincetown: Wet

Sky

Provincetown is sunnier

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Often cloudy
Provincetown: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Provincetown run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Provincetown is the wetter — about 16 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Provincetown 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
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	40	45	55	63	71	77	80	79	70	61	49	40
Provincetown	38	40	47	58	69	77	83	82	74	63	52	43
Difference	-2	-5	-8	-5	-2	—	+3	+3	+4	+2	+4	+3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	40	45	55	63	71	77
Provincetown	38	40	47	58	69	77
Difference	-2	-5	-8	-5	-2	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	80	79	70	61	49	40
Provincetown	83	82	74	63	52	43
Difference	+3	+3	+4	+2	+4	+3

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	26	28	35	41	49	55	58	57	51	43	35	28
Provincetown	22	23	29	38	48	57	63	62	55	44	35	27
Difference	-4	-5	-5	-3	-1	+2	+6	+5	+5	+1	—	-1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	26	28	35	41	49	55
Provincetown	22	23	29	38	48	57
Difference	-4	-5	-5	-3	-1	+2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	58	57	51	43	35	28
Provincetown	63	62	55	44	35	27
Difference	+6	+5	+5	+1	—	-1

Precipitation (in) Provincetown runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1.8	1.4	2.1	2.2	3.2	4.5	4.9	5.5	3.2	2.7	2.3	2.1
Provincetown	4.5	4	5.4	4.6	3.8	4	3.6	3.8	3.9	5.2	4.4	5.1
Difference	+2.7	+2.6	+3.3	+2.4	+0.5	-0.5	-1.4	-1.6	+0.7	+2.5	+2.1	+3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1.8	1.4	2.1	2.2	3.2	4.5
Provincetown	4.5	4	5.4	4.6	3.8	4
Difference	+2.7	+2.6	+3.3	+2.4	+0.5	-0.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4.9	5.5	3.2	2.7	2.3	2.1
Provincetown	3.6	3.8	3.9	5.2	4.4	5.1
Difference	-1.4	-1.6	+0.7	+2.5	+2.1	+3

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Provincetown	14.8	14.5	10.3	1.7	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.7	8.8
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	—	—	—	—	—	—
Provincetown	14.8	14.5	10.3	1.7	0	0
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	—	—	—	—	—	—
Provincetown	0	0	0	0.1	0.7	8.8
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) Garmisch-Partenkirchen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	68	69	71	70	72	70	66	63	65	66	70	70
Provincetown	69	66	64	62	64	61	55	51	52	57	65	68
Difference	+1	-3	-7	-7	-8	-9	-11	-12	-13	-8	-6	-2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	68	69	71	70	72	70
Provincetown	69	66	64	62	64	61
Difference	+1	-3	-7	-7	-8	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	66	63	65	66	70	70
Provincetown	55	51	52	57	65	68
Difference	-11	-12	-13	-8	-6	-2

Relative humidity (%) Garmisch-Partenkirchen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	89	88	84	79	79	79	79	80	83	84	88	89
Provincetown	85	83	82	82	82	82	78	78	78	79	81	83
Difference	-4	-4	-1	+3	+3	+3	-1	-2	-4	-5	-7	-6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	89	88	84	79	79	79
Provincetown	85	83	82	82	82	82
Difference	-4	-4	-1	+3	+3	+3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	79	80	83	84	88	89
Provincetown	78	78	78	79	81	83
Difference	-1	-2	-4	-5	-7	-6

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. Garmisch-Partenkirchen trends → · Provincetown trends →

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is projected to shift from Cfb to Cfa by the 2071–2099 window (SSP2-4.5).

Methodology & sources

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Innsbruck, a weather station, about 34 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.

Provincetown

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Hingham (NOAA GHCN station USC00193624), about 63 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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