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Cusco vs Tusayan

Cwb Subtropical highland (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

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Bottom line

Cusco is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average; Cusco is the wetter, with 13 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Cusco 8°F on the year

Wetter Cusco 13 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 26 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 16°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cusco and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has far hotter summers

Cusco: Mild
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Cusco has much milder winters

Cusco: Cold
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Cusco is wetter

Cusco: Moderate rainfall
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Cusco: Often cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cusco is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Cusco is the wetter — about 13 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	68	68	69	70	70	70	69	71	71	71	72	70
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-24	-22	-14	-8	+1	+13	+17	+12	+5	-6	-17	-25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cusco	68	68	69	70	70	70
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-24	-22	-14	-8	+1	+13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	69	71	71	71	72	70
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+17	+12	+5	-6	-17	-25

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	45	46	44	40	34	31	30	33	38	42	43	44
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-31	-29	-23	-15	-3	+7	+19	+15	+2	-13	-23	-31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cusco	45	46	44	40	34	31
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-31	-29	-23	-15	-3	+7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	30	33	38	42	43	44
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	+19	+15	+2	-13	-23	-31

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	5.7	5	3.8	1.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.7	2.8	4.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-4.7	-4	-2.8	-0.6	+0.4	+0.2	+1.8	+1.9	+0.8	-0.4	-2.1	-3.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cusco	5.7	5	3.8	1.3	0.2	0.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-4.7	-4	-2.8	-0.6	+0.4	+0.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.7	2.8	4.5
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.8	+1.9	+0.8	-0.4	-2.1	-3.7

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	85	86	83	70	52	45	44	49	60	72	77	83
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-37	-37	-37	-29	-15	-17	+5	-3	-28	-41	-40	-35

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cusco	85	86	83	70	52	45
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-37	-37	-37	-29	-15	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	44	49	60	72	77	83
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+5	-3	-28	-41	-40	-35

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	82	84	85	83	81	77	74	72	72	74	76	80
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-21	-27	-36	-42	-46	-52	-38	-29	-32	-32	-25	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cusco	82	84	85	83	81	77
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-21	-27	-36	-42	-46	-52

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cusco	74	72	72	74	76	80
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-38	-29	-32	-32	-25	-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. Cusco trends → · Tusayan 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.

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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