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Garmisch-Partenkirchen vs Tusayan

Cfb Oceanic / temperateCsb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Garmisch-Partenkirchen change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average; Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the wetter, with 23 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Garmisch-Partenkirchen 5°F on the year

Wetter Garmisch-Partenkirchen 23 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 27 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 13°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

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

Summers

Tusayan has hotter summers

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Garmisch-Partenkirchen has much milder winters

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Cold
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is much wetter

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the warmer of the two — about 5°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the wetter — about 23 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Tusayan runs higher most of 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
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+5	+2	—	-2	—	+6	+6	+5	+7	+4	+6	+4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	40	45	55	63	71	77
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	+5	+2	—	-2	—	+6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	80	79	70	61	49	40
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+6	+5	+7	+4	+6	+4

Avg low (°F) Garmisch-Partenkirchen runs higher most of 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
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-12	-12	-14	-16	-18	-17	-9	-9	-11	-15	-15	-15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	26	28	35	41	49	55
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-12	-12	-14	-16	-18	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	58	57	51	43	35	28
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-9	-9	-11	-15	-15	-15

Precipitation (in) Garmisch-Partenkirchen 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
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	-0.4	-1.1	-1.5	-2.6	-4.2	-3	-3.4	-1.9	-1.4	-1.6	-1.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1.8	1.4	2.1	2.2	3.2	4.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.8	-0.4	-1.1	-1.5	-2.6	-4.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	4.9	5.5	3.2	2.7	2.3	2.1
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-3	-3.4	-1.9	-1.4	-1.6	-1.3

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
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-20	-20	-25	-29	-35	-43	-16	-17	-33	-34	-34	-22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	68	69	71	70	72	70
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-20	-20	-25	-29	-35	-43

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	66	63	65	66	70	70
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-16	-17	-33	-34	-34	-22

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
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-27	-31	-35	-38	-44	-54	-42	-37	-43	-42	-37	-29

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	89	88	84	79	79	79
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-27	-31	-35	-38	-44	-54

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	79	80	83	84	88	89
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-42	-37	-43	-42	-37	-29

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 → · Tusayan trends →

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.

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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