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Compare weather between cities
Compare the weather in two, three or four cities side by side: average highs and lows, rainfall, rainy days and sunshine for every month, all from the same 30-year record (1996–2025), so the comparison is like for like. Any place on Earth works, including towns with no weather station.
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Pick at least two places.
How to compare the weather in two cities
Type the first city and press Find place, pick the right match, then do the same for the second (and optionally a third and fourth). Press Compare. The chart overlays every city on one set of axes; switch it between highs, lows, precipitation, rainy days, sunshine, humidity and snowfall. The Year at a glance table sums it up: mean temperature, warmest and coldest month, annual rain and sunshine. Change °F/°C, inches/millimetres at the top and every number converts instantly. Copy the link to share the exact comparison.
Comparing climates fairly
Station records start in different years, sit in different surroundings (airports, rooftops, parks) and use different instruments, so comparing two cities from two different sources mixes climate with measurement. Here every place comes from one reanalysis over the same 30 years, which makes the gaps between places meaningful even if absolute values differ slightly from a local thermometer.
Look at the spread as well as the average: a coastal city and an inland city can share a July high but differ hugely in how cold their nights get. Rainy days often matter more to a visitor than the monthly total, because 60 mm in three storms feels very different from 60 mm of drizzle over fifteen days. For one particular week, the event-date odds show how often it rained and how hot it got in each year.
Questions people ask
How do I compare the weather in two cities?
Search for each city, pick the right match, and press Compare. You get one chart with both cities overlaid, a month-by-month table and a yearly summary, from the same 30-year record. Popular pairs such as Los Angeles vs New York open instantly.
How many cities can I compare at once?
Up to four. Each one loads 30 years of daily data, so the first load takes a few seconds per city; switching what the chart shows is instant.
Can I compare the weather on a particular date or year?
This page compares typical climate, which is the right tool for choosing between places. For what actually happened on a date, use the past-weather lookup for each place; for how often a given week is wet or hot, use the event-date odds.
Which city has better weather?
It depends on what you want. The Year at a glance table shows which city is warmest, wettest and sunniest, and which has the smallest swing between summer and winter. Mild, sunny and dry suits most visitors; gardeners and skiers may want the opposite.
Why does the rain total differ so much from the number of rainy days?
Totals measure how much fell; rainy days count how often at least 1 mm fell. Thunderstorm climates can have large totals on few days, maritime climates the reverse.
Where does the comparison data come from?
From ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus) through the Open-Meteo archive, averaged over 1996–2025. It is model data blended with observations, not a single station, so it can differ slightly from an airport thermometer.