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Akumal vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Akumal change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Akumal is the warmer of the two — about 18°C on the annual average; Akumal is the wetter, with 792 mm more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Akumal 18°C on the year

Wetter Akumal 792 mm more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 29°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Akumal and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Akumal: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Akumal has far milder winters

Akumal: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Akumal is much wetter

Akumal: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Akumal: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Akumal is the warmer of the two — about 18°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Akumal is the wetter — about 792 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Akumal runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	30	29
Tusayan	7	8	13	16	22	28	30	28	25	19	12	7
Difference	-22	-21	-18	-14	-10	-3	-1	-3	-6	-12	-17	-22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Akumal	29	30	30	31	31	31
Tusayan	7	8	13	16	22	28
Difference	-22	-21	-18	-14	-10	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	32	31	31	31	30	29
Tusayan	30	28	25	19	12	7
Difference	-1	-3	-6	-12	-17	-22

Avg low (°C) Akumal runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	18	19	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	19
Tusayan	-10	-9	-6	-4	-1	3	9	9	4	-2	-7	-10
Difference	-28	-28	-27	-25	-22	-19	-13	-13	-18	-23	-26	-30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Akumal	18	19	21	21	22	23
Tusayan	-10	-9	-6	-4	-1	3
Difference	-28	-28	-27	-25	-22	-19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	22	22	22	21	20	19
Tusayan	9	9	4	-2	-7	-10
Difference	-13	-13	-18	-23	-26	-30

Precipitation (mm) Akumal runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	60	42	33	40	90	150	98	91	177	204	92	42
Tusayan	27	26	26	18	15	9	49	53	34	33	18	20
Difference	-33	-16	-7	-22	-74	-142	-49	-38	-143	-171	-74	-22

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Akumal	60	42	33	40	90	150
Tusayan	27	26	26	18	15	9
Difference	-33	-16	-7	-22	-74	-142

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	98	91	177	204	92	42
Tusayan	49	53	34	33	18	20
Difference	-49	-38	-143	-171	-74	-22

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	54	47	41	41	49	59	53	55	60	57	49	53
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-6	+2	+5	-1	-12	-32	-3	-8	-28	-25	-12	-6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Akumal	54	47	41	41	49	59
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-6	+2	+5	-1	-12	-32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	53	55	60	57	49	53
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-3	-8	-28	-25	-12	-6

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	76	74	71	72	74	82	83	83	85	86	82	79
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-15	-16	-22	-31	-39	-57	-46	-40	-45	-44	-32	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Akumal	76	74	71	72	74	82
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-15	-16	-22	-31	-39	-57

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Akumal	83	83	85	86	82	79
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-46	-40	-45	-44	-32	-19

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. Akumal trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Akumal

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Tulum, about 24 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 →

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