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Chiang Mai vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Chiang Mai change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Chiang Mai is the warmer of the two — about 34°F on the annual average; Chiang Mai is the wetter, with 33 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Chiang Mai 34°F on the year

Wetter Chiang Mai 33 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 17 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 46°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Chiang Mai and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Chiang Mai has much hotter summers

Chiang Mai: Very hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Chiang Mai has far milder winters

Chiang Mai: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Chiang Mai is much wetter

Chiang Mai: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Chiang Mai: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Chiang Mai is the warmer of the two — about 34°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Chiang Mai is the wetter — about 33 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) Chiang Mai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	86	91	96	98	94	92	90	89	90	89	88	85
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-41	-44	-41	-37	-23	-9	-4	-6	-13	-24	-33	-40

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Chiang Mai	86	91	96	98	94	92
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-41	-44	-41	-37	-23	-9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	90	89	90	89	88	85
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-4	-6	-13	-24	-33	-40

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	59	61	67	73	75	75	75	75	74	72	67	61
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-45	-45	-46	-48	-44	-38	-26	-26	-34	-43	-47	-48

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Chiang Mai	59	61	67	73	75	75
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-45	-45	-46	-48	-44	-38

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	75	75	74	72	67	61
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-26	-26	-34	-43	-47	-48

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.2	6.3	4.9	5.6	8.7	8.9	4.9	1.8	0.6
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.5	-5.7	-4.6	-3.7	-6.6	-7.6	-3.6	-1	+0.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Chiang Mai	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.2	6.3	4.9
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-1.5	-5.7	-4.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	5.6	8.7	8.9	4.9	1.8	0.6
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-3.7	-6.6	-7.6	-3.6	-1	+0.2

Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	25	21	31	48	76	91	93	93	85	66	42	31
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	+23	+28	+15	-7	-39	-64	-43	-47	-53	-34	-5	+16

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Chiang Mai	25	21	31	48	76	91
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	+23	+28	+15	-7	-39	-64

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	93	93	85	66	42	31
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-43	-47	-53	-34	-5	+16

Relative humidity (%) Chiang Mai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	66	55	51	56	74	81	84	87	89	87	81	75
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-4	+2	-2	-15	-39	-56	-47	-45	-49	-44	-31	-15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Chiang Mai	66	55	51	56	74	81
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-4	+2	-2	-15	-39	-56

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chiang Mai	84	87	89	87	81	75
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-47	-45	-49	-44	-31	-15

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. Chiang Mai trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Chiang Mai

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Chiang Mai Intl, a weather station, about 3 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.

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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