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Isla Holbox vs Crested Butte

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Dfc Subarctic

Comparing Isla Holbox change · Crested Butte change

Bottom line

Isla Holbox is the warmer of the two — about 24°C on the annual average; Isla Holbox is the wetter, with 630 mm more rain a year.

Warmer Isla Holbox 24°C on the year

Wetter Isla Holbox 630 mm more a year

Sunnier About the same similar amount of sun

Colder winters Crested Butte 36°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Isla Holbox and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Isla Holbox has far hotter summers

Isla Holbox: Hot
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Isla Holbox has far milder winters

Isla Holbox: Stays warm
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Isla Holbox is wetter

Isla Holbox: Wet
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Similar amounts of sun

Isla Holbox: Partly cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Isla Holbox is the warmer of the two — about 24°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Isla Holbox is the wetter — about 630 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

The two cities see a similar amount of sun.

Exact monthly numbers

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	28	30	32	33	34	33	34	34	33	31	30	29
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-31	-31	-28	-25	-19	-12	-9	-11	-14	-19	-25	-31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	28	30	32	33	34	33
Crested Butte	-3	-1	4	8	15	21
Difference	-31	-31	-28	-25	-19	-12

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	34	34	33	31	30	29
Crested Butte	25	23	19	13	4	-3
Difference	-9	-11	-14	-19	-25	-31

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	15	15	16	18	19	21	21	21	21	20	18	16
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-36	-34	-29	-25	-21	-20	-16	-17	-21	-25	-30	-35

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	15	15	16	18	19	21
Crested Butte	-21	-19	-14	-7	-2	1
Difference	-36	-34	-29	-25	-21	-20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	21	21	21	20	18	16
Crested Butte	4	4	-0	-6	-13	-20
Difference	-16	-17	-21	-25	-30	-35

Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	46	41	23	52	90	167	145	160	199	164	96	49
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	+24	+23	+30	-1	-51	-143	-95	-110	-150	-121	-45	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	46	41	23	52	90	167
Crested Butte	69	65	54	51	38	24
Difference	+24	+23	+30	-1	-51	-143

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	145	160	199	164	96	49
Crested Butte	50	50	49	43	51	57
Difference	-95	-110	-150	-121	-45	+8

Snowfall (cm)

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

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	106	90	69	46	17	1
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	3	20	66	88
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	55	46	44	45	50	60	55	56	58	57	53	53
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-1	+14	+16	+18	+11	-14	+1	+2	-13	-13	-5	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	55	46	44	45	50	60
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-1	+14	+16	+18	+11	-14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	55	56	58	57	53	53
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	+1	+2	-13	-13	-5	—

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	76	75	71	71	73	82	82	82	85	84	80	78
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+15	+19	+18	+5	-9	-31	-27	-23	-28	-21	-3	+10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Isla Holbox	76	75	71	71	73	82
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+15	+19	+18	+5	-9	-31

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Isla Holbox	82	82	85	84	80	78
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-27	-23	-28	-21	-3	+10

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. Isla Holbox trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Isla Holbox

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Solferino, about 20 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →

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