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Castries vs Bucharest

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Comparing Castries change · Bucharest change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 28°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 52 in more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 28°F on the year
Wetter Castries 52 in more a year
Sunnier Castries 12 pp less cloud
Colder winters Bucharest 54°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Bucharest, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Castries: Warm
Bucharest: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Bucharest: Cold

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Bucharest: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Castries is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Bucharest: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 28°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct CastriesBucharest

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 52 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0612 JanAprJulOct CastriesBucharest

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesBucharest

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries808080828383838484838381
Bucharest374354657583878777645140
Difference-43-37-26-16-7+3+3-7-19-32-42
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries808080828383
Bucharest374354657583
Difference-43-37-26-16-7
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries838484838381
Bucharest878777645140
Difference+3+3-7-19-32-42
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries787778798081818282828179
Bucharest232633414957605951423426
Difference-55-52-45-38-31-24-21-22-31-39-46-53
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries787778798081
Bucharest232633414957
Difference-55-52-45-38-31-24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries818282828179
Bucharest605951423426
Difference-21-22-31-39-46-53
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries4.532.63.54.55.38.511.58.89.79.65.9
Bucharest1.61.31.722.83.32.71.92.42.41.71.9
Difference-2.9-1.7-0.9-1.6-1.7-2-5.8-9.5-6.4-7.3-7.8-4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries4.532.63.54.55.3
Bucharest1.61.31.722.83.3
Difference-2.9-1.7-0.9-1.6-1.7-2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries8.511.58.89.79.65.9
Bucharest2.71.92.42.41.71.9
Difference-5.8-9.5-6.4-7.3-7.8-4
Cloud cover (%) Bucharest runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Bucharest696965636054434052596870
Difference+30+30+24+14+8-4-6-6+1+8+21+29
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Bucharest696965636054
Difference+30+30+24+14+8-4
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Bucharest434052596870
Difference-6-6+1+8+21+29
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Bucharest888274696560545259718287
Difference+12+7-1-7-13-19-25-27-20-8+3+11
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Bucharest888274696560
Difference+12+7-1-7-13-19
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Bucharest545259718287
Difference-25-27-20-8+3+11

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. Castries trends → · Bucharest trends →

Both cities' Köppen climate types are projected to hold steady through 2099 (SSP2-4.5).

Methodology & sources

Castries

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at LE Lamentin, a weather station, about 66 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.

Bucharest

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Bucuresti-baneasa, a weather station, about 10 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.

How we build these numbers →