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Cabo San Lucas vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Cabo San Lucas is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average; Crested Butte is the wetter, with 336 mm more rain a year, and Cabo San Lucas the sunnier.

Warmer Cabo San Lucas 23°C on the year

Wetter Crested Butte 336 mm more a year

Sunnier Cabo San Lucas 15 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 34°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cabo San Lucas and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Cabo San Lucas has far hotter summers

Cabo San Lucas: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Cabo San Lucas has far milder winters

Cabo San Lucas: Mild
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Crested Butte is much wetter

Cabo San Lucas: Fairly dry
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Cabo San Lucas is sunnier

Cabo San Lucas: Fairly sunny
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cabo San Lucas is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Crested Butte is the wetter — about 336 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Cabo San Lucas has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	27	27	29	30	32	33	34	35	34	33	30	27
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-30	-28	-25	-22	-17	-11	-10	-12	-15	-21	-26	-30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	27	27	29	30	32	33
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21
Difference	-30	-28	-25	-22	-17	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	34	35	34	33	30	27
Crested Butte	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-10	-12	-15	-21	-26	-30

Avg low (°C) Cabo San Lucas runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	13	13	14	15	17	19	22	24	23	21	18	14
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-34	-32	-28	-22	-19	-18	-18	-20	-24	-27	-30	-34

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	13	13	14	15	17	19
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1
Difference	-34	-32	-28	-22	-19	-18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	22	24	23	21	18	14
Crested Butte	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-18	-20	-24	-27	-30	-34

Precipitation (mm) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	6	5	1	0	0	0	8	85	110	25	17	7
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	+63	+60	+52	+51	+38	+24	+42	-35	-61	+18	+34	+50

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	6	5	1	0	0	0
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24
Difference	+63	+60	+52	+51	+38	+24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	8	85	110	25	17	7
Crested Butte	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	+42	-35	-61	+18	+34	+50

Snowfall (cm)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	106	90	69	46	17	1	0	0	3	20	66	88
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	106	90	69	46	17	1
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	3	20	66	88
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	43	40	34	37	28	31	44	51	48	31	38	49
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+11	+20	+26	+26	+33	+15	+12	+7	-2	+12	+11	+4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	43	40	34	37	28	31
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	+11	+20	+26	+26	+33	+15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	44	51	48	31	38	49
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+12	+7	-2	+12	+11	+4

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	63	63	62	61	61	65	68	71	75	68	65	64
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+28	+31	+28	+16	+3	-13	-13	-12	-18	-5	+12	+25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cabo San Lucas	63	63	62	61	61	65
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+28	+31	+28	+16	+3	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cabo San Lucas	68	71	75	68	65	64
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-13	-12	-18	-5	+12	+25

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. Cabo San Lucas trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Cabo San Lucas

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Cabo San Lucas, inside the city.

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.

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