This is the current conditions weather report for Cortez. The report was made 76 minutes ago, at 10:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 5 miles per hour / 7.4 kilometers per hour from the east (080°). The temperature was 48°F / 9°C, with a dew-point at 48°F / 9°C. The temperature felt like 46°F / 8°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.06 inHg / 1019 hPa. The relative humidity was 58%. The skies were clear.
Cortez is a city in Montezuma County, Colorado (USA). The population was 7,977 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Montezuma County.
Cortez is located at 37.349270, -108.579225.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 14.3 km² (5.5 mi²). 14.2 km² (5.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.36%) is water.
The Mesa Verde National Park, featuring old Indian cliff dwellings, is situated southeast of Cortez.
Cortez is a local commercial center, competing with Durango in the east, and Farmington, New Mexico in the south, and draws trade from Southeastern Utah, the extreme Northeastern corner of Arizona, the Shiprock area of Northwestern New Mexico, and San Miquel, Dolores, Montezuma, and parts of LaPlata County in Colorado. Its economy is based very heavily on tourism, both to nearby Mesa Verde National Park as well as to San Juan National Forest, BLM lands in the area (including Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, and both the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation and the Navajo Indian Reservation.