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Cambridge vs Denver

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Comparing Cambridge change · Denver change

Bottom line

Cambridge and Denver have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Cambridge is the wetter, with 201 mm more rain a year, and Denver the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year
Wetter Cambridge 201 mm more a year
Sunnier Denver 20 pp less cloud
Colder winters Denver 11°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Cambridge and Denver, in everyday terms.

Summers

Denver has far hotter summers

Cambridge: Mild
Denver: Hot

Winters

Cambridge has much milder winters

Cambridge: Chilly
Denver: Very cold

Rain & snow

Cambridge is wetter

Cambridge: Moderate rainfall
Denver: Fairly dry

Sky

Denver is sunnier

Cambridge: Often grey
Denver: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Cambridge and Denver run remarkably close all year.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

Precipitation

Cambridge is the wetter — about 201 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 03570 JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

Clear skies

Denver has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CambridgeDenver

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) Denver runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge781014172022221914107
Denver781317222932312719127
Difference+3+4+6+9+10+9+8+4+2-1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge7810141720
Denver7813172229
Difference+3+4+6+9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge22221914107
Denver32312719127
Difference+10+9+8+4+2-1
Avg low (°C) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge2234710121210742
Denver-9-8-31611151492-4-9
Difference-11-9-6-3-1+1+2+1-1-5-8-11
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge2234710
Denver-9-8-31611
Difference-11-9-6-3-1+1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge121210742
Denver151492-4-9
Difference+2+1-1-5-8-11
Precipitation (mm) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge483635364545485548635250
Denver11112545603644453026189
Difference-37-25-10+9+15-9-4-10-18-37-34-41
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge483635364545
Denver111125456036
Difference-37-25-10+9+15-9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge485548635250
Denver44453026189
Difference-4-10-18-37-34-41
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge
Denver13131581000181513
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge
Denver131315810
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge
Denver00181513
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge727374737275727271727271
Denver575756595849505043465155
Difference-15-16-18-14-14-26-22-22-28-26-21-15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge727374737275
Denver575756595849
Difference-15-16-18-14-14-26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge727271727271
Denver505043465155
Difference-22-22-28-26-21-15
Relative humidity (%) Cambridge runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge949186828079777882879395
Denver565652505042434443475257
Difference-38-35-34-32-30-36-34-34-39-40-41-38
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Cambridge949186828079
Denver565652505042
Difference-38-35-34-32-30-36
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cambridge777882879395
Denver434443475257
Difference-34-34-39-40-41-38

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. Cambridge trends → · Denver trends →

Methodology & sources

Cambridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Bedford, a weather station, about 41 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.

Denver

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Brighton 3 SE (NOAA GHCN station USC00050950), about 26 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.

How we build these numbers →