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Cusco vs Breckenridge

Cwb Subtropical highland (dry winter)Dsc Mediterranean-influenced subarctic

Comparing Cusco change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Cusco is the warmer of the two — about 12°C on the annual average, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Cusco 12°C on the year
Wetter About the same similar annual rainfall
Sunnier Breckenridge 9 pp less cloud
Colder winters Breckenridge 15°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cusco and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Cusco: Mild
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Cusco has far milder winters

Cusco: Cold
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Similar yearly rainfall

Cusco: Moderate rainfall
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Cusco: Often cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cusco is the warmer of the two — about 12°C on the annual average.

-20°20° JanAprJulOct CuscoBreckenridge

Precipitation

Both cities get a similar amount of precipitation across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 075150 JanAprJulOct CuscoBreckenridge

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CuscoBreckenridge

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 (°C) Cusco runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco202020212121212222222221
Breckenridge-2-047121821191693-2
Difference-22-20-17-14-9-3-2-6-13-19-23
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cusco202020212121
Breckenridge-2-0471218
Difference-22-20-17-14-9-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco212222222221
Breckenridge21191693-2
Difference-2-6-13-19-23
Avg low (°C) Cusco runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco78741-1-103567
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-4043-1-6-12-16
Difference-23-23-19-13-5+1+5+2-4-11-18-23
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cusco78741-1
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-40
Difference-23-23-19-13-5+1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco-103567
Breckenridge43-1-6-12-16
Difference+5+2-4-11-18-23
Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco14612697336445154471115
Breckenridge757379926229455641516564
Difference-71-53-19+59+56+26+40+50+27+7-6-51
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cusco146126973364
Breckenridge757379926229
Difference-71-53-19+59+56+26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco45154471115
Breckenridge455641516564
Difference+40+50+27+7-6-51
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco858683705245444960727783
Breckenridge586464696650555848515559
Difference-28-22-19+14+5+11+9-12-22-22-24
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cusco858683705245
Breckenridge586464696650
Difference-28-22-19+14+5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco444960727783
Breckenridge555848515559
Difference+11+9-12-22-22-24
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco828485838177747272747680
Breckenridge929490776654566057637789
Difference+10+10+5-6-14-23-18-12-15-11+1+10
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cusco828485838177
Breckenridge929490776654
Difference+10+10+5-6-14-23
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cusco747272747680
Breckenridge566057637789
Difference-18-12-15-11+1+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. Cusco trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Cusco

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from SENAMHI, Peru's national weather service, measured at Granja Kayra, about 10 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.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 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.

How we build these numbers →