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Breckenridge vs Seattle

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Comparing Breckenridge change · Seattle change

Bottom line

Seattle is the warmer of the two — about 20°F on the annual average; Seattle is the wetter, with 11 in more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Seattle 20°F on the year

Wetter Seattle 11 in more a year

Sunnier Breckenridge 8 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 34°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Breckenridge and Seattle, in everyday terms.

Summers

Seattle has much hotter summers

Breckenridge: Mild
Seattle: Mild

Winters

Seattle has far milder winters

Breckenridge: Bitterly cold
Seattle: Chilly

Rain & snow

Seattle is wetter

Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall
Seattle: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Breckenridge: Partly cloudy
Seattle: Often cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Seattle is the warmer of the two — about 20°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Seattle is the wetter — about 11 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

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 (°F) Seattle runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Seattle	48	50	54	59	66	71	77	78	72	61	52	47
Difference	+19	+19	+15	+15	+13	+7	+8	+11	+12	+12	+15	+19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Seattle	48	50	54	59	66	71
Difference	+19	+19	+15	+15	+13	+7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Seattle	77	78	72	61	52	47
Difference	+8	+11	+12	+12	+15	+19

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Seattle	38	38	40	43	49	53	57	57	54	47	41	37
Difference	+34	+33	+30	+27	+23	+20	+18	+20	+23	+25	+30	+34

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Seattle	38	38	40	43	49	53
Difference	+34	+33	+30	+27	+23	+20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Seattle	57	57	54	47	41	37
Difference	+18	+20	+23	+25	+30	+34

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Seattle	5.8	3.8	4.2	3.2	1.9	1.5	0.6	1	1.6	3.9	6.3	5.7
Difference	+2.8	+0.9	+1.1	-0.4	-0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-1.2	—	+1.9	+3.7	+3.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Seattle	5.8	3.8	4.2	3.2	1.9	1.5
Difference	+2.8	+0.9	+1.1	-0.4	-0.6	+0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Seattle	0.6	1	1.6	3.9	6.3	5.7
Difference	-1.2	-1.2	—	+1.9	+3.7	+3.2

Snowfall (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Seattle	1.8	2.2	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.7
Difference	-42.2	-38.7	-43.1	-46.1	-20.2	-2.7	-0.2	-0.1	-4.2	-21.5	-33.4	-34.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7
Seattle	1.8	2.2	0.4	0	0	0
Difference	-42.2	-38.7	-43.1	-46.1	-20.2	-2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.7
Difference	-0.2	-0.1	-4.2	-21.5	-33.4	-34.9

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Seattle	76	72	74	73	69	66	48	48	51	66	75	75
Difference	+18	+8	+10	+4	+3	+16	-8	-9	+3	+16	+20	+17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Seattle	76	72	74	73	69	66
Difference	+18	+8	+10	+4	+3	+16

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Seattle	48	48	51	66	75	75
Difference	-8	-9	+3	+16	+20	+17

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Seattle	90	87	85	82	80	80	78	76	77	83	89	90
Difference	-2	-7	-5	+5	+13	+26	+21	+17	+20	+21	+12	+1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Seattle	90	87	85	82	80	80
Difference	-2	-7	-5	+5	+13	+26

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Seattle	78	76	77	83	89	90
Difference	+21	+17	+20	+21	+12	+1

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. Breckenridge trends → · Seattle trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

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.

Seattle

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Seattle Tacoma AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024233), about 18 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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