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Brighton vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Brighton is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average; Brighton is the wetter, with 10 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Brighton 16°F on the year

Wetter Brighton 10 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 16 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 41°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Brighton and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Crested Butte has hotter summers

Brighton: Mild
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Brighton has far milder winters

Brighton: Chilly
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Brighton is wetter

Brighton: Moderate rainfall
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Brighton: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Brighton is the warmer of the two — about 16°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Brighton is the wetter — about 10 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte 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
Brighton	46	47	51	57	62	67	71	71	66	60	52	47
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	-20	-17	-13	-10	-4	+4	+6	+3	—	-5	-13	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	46	47	51	57	62	67
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	-20	-17	-13	-10	-4	+4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	71	71	66	60	52	47
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	+6	+3	—	-5	-13	-20

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	35	35	37	40	45	50	54	54	49	43	38	36
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-41	-36	-30	-21	-17	-17	-15	-16	-17	-21	-29	-39

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	35	35	37	40	45	50
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-41	-36	-30	-21	-17	-17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	54	54	49	43	38	36
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-15	-16	-17	-21	-29	-39

Precipitation (in) Brighton runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	3.6	2.6	2	2	2.1	2	2.2	2.6	2.3	3.9	4.1	4.1
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-0.9	—	+0.1	—	-0.6	-1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.4	-2.2	-2.1	-1.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	3.6	2.6	2	2	2.1	2
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	-0.9	—	+0.1	—	-0.6	-1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	2.2	2.6	2.3	3.9	4.1	4.1
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	-0.2	-0.7	-0.4	-2.2	-2.1	-1.8

Snowfall (in)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	76	75	72	66	66	66	63	65	66	72	78	77
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-22	-15	-12	-3	-5	-20	-7	-7	-20	-28	-29	-24

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	76	75	72	66	66	66
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-22	-15	-12	-3	-5	-20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	63	65	66	72	78	77
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-7	-7	-20	-28	-29	-24

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	90	88	86	83	82	82	81	81	83	85	89	91
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	+1	+6	+3	-7	-17	-30	-25	-22	-26	-23	-12	-2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Brighton	90	88	86	83	82	82
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	+1	+6	+3	-7	-17	-30

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brighton	81	81	83	85	89	91
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-25	-22	-26	-23	-12	-2

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. Brighton trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Brighton

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Herstmonceux West End, a weather station, about 33 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.

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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