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Riyadh vs Breckenridge

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Comparing Riyadh change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Riyadh is the warmer of the two — about 47°F on the annual average; Breckenridge is the wetter, with 23 in more rain a year, and Riyadh the sunnier.

Warmer Riyadh 47°F on the year

Wetter Breckenridge 23 in more a year

Sunnier Riyadh 31 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 45°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Riyadh and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Riyadh has far hotter summers

Riyadh: Extreme heat
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Riyadh has far milder winters

Riyadh: Cool
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Breckenridge is much wetter

Riyadh: Very dry
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Riyadh is far sunnier

Riyadh: Sunny
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Riyadh is the warmer of the two — about 47°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Breckenridge is the wetter — about 23 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Riyadh has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Riyadh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	68	75	82	93	103	109	110	111	105	95	82	72
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-40	-43	-43	-48	-49	-45	-41	-44	-45	-47	-44	-44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Riyadh	68	75	82	93	103	109
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-40	-43	-43	-48	-49	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	110	111	105	95	82	72
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-41	-44	-45	-47	-44	-44

Avg low (°F) Riyadh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	48	52	59	69	79	83	85	85	79	70	60	51
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-45	-48	-49	-52	-54	-50	-47	-48	-48	-49	-49	-48

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Riyadh	48	52	59	69	79	83
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-45	-48	-49	-52	-54	-50

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	85	85	79	70	60	51
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-47	-48	-48	-49	-49	-48

Precipitation (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	0.9	0.2	1.7	1.3	0.4	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.6	0.6
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+2.1	+2.7	+1.4	+2.3	+2	+1.2	+1.8	+2.2	+1.6	+1.9	+2	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Riyadh	0.9	0.2	1.7	1.3	0.4	0
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	+2.1	+2.7	+1.4	+2.3	+2	+1.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	0	0	0	0.1	0.6	0.6
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+1.8	+2.2	+1.6	+1.9	+2	+2

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	32	30	38	45	34	15	23	21	16	15	27	27
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+26	+34	+27	+24	+32	+35	+32	+37	+33	+36	+28	+31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Riyadh	32	30	38	45	34	15
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	+26	+34	+27	+24	+32	+35

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	23	21	16	15	27	27
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+32	+37	+33	+36	+28	+31

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	42	34	29	25	17	11	12	14	15	21	36	44
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+50	+60	+60	+52	+50	+43	+45	+46	+42	+42	+41	+45

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Riyadh	42	34	29	25	17	11
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	+50	+60	+60	+52	+50	+43

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riyadh	12	14	15	21	36	44
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+45	+46	+42	+42	+41	+45

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. Riyadh trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Riyadh

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Riyadh Obs. (o.a.p., a weather station, about 2 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →

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