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Sendai vs Tusayan

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Bottom line

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 9°F on the annual average; Sendai is the wetter, with 37 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Sendai 9°F on the year

Wetter Sendai 37 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 34 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 16°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Sendai and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has hotter summers

Sendai: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Sendai has much milder winters

Sendai: Cold
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Sendai is much wetter

Sendai: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Sendai: Often grey
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Sendai is the warmer of the two — about 9°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Sendai is the wetter — about 37 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) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74	80	83	77	68	57	47
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+3	+3	+5	+1	+3	+10	+6	—	—	-2	-3	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	42	44	50	60	68	74
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	+3	+3	+5	+1	+3	+10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	83	77	68	57	47
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+6	—	—	-2	-3	-3

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61	68	71	64	53	42	34
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-15	-14	-14	-18	-22	-23	-19	-23	-24	-25	-22	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	30	30	35	43	53	61
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-15	-14	-14	-18	-22	-23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	68	71	64	53	42	34
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-19	-23	-24	-25	-22	-20

Precipitation (in) Sendai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.6	-0.3	-1.9	-2.8	-3.7	-5.3	-5.1	-4.1	-6.2	-4.6	-1.6	-1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	1.7	1.3	2.9	3.6	4.3	5.7
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.6	-0.3	-1.9	-2.8	-3.7	-5.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	7	6.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	1.7
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-5.1	-4.1	-6.2	-4.6	-1.6	-1

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77	80	71	76	72	74	79
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-29	-26	-28	-30	-34	-49	-30	-25	-44	-41	-37	-31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	77	75	73	71	71	77
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-29	-26	-28	-30	-34	-49

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	80	71	76	72	74	79
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-30	-25	-44	-41	-37	-31

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83	86	85	87	87	89	93
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-33	-36	-38	-41	-46	-58	-49	-42	-46	-45	-39	-32

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Sendai	95	93	87	82	81	83
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-33	-36	-38	-41	-46	-58

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sendai	86	85	87	87	89	93
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-49	-42	-46	-45	-39	-32

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. Sendai trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Sendai

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Sendai, about 3 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 →

← change Sendai · change Tusayan → · Sendai page · Tusayan page