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Noosa Heads vs Castries
Comparing Noosa Heads change · Castries change
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 6°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 379 mm more rain a year.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Noosa Heads and Castries, in everyday terms.
Summers
Summers are nearly the same
Noosa Heads: Warm
Castries: Warm
Winters
Castries has far milder winters
Noosa Heads: Mild
Castries: Stays warm
Rain & snow
Castries is wetter
Noosa Heads: Very wet
Castries: Very wet
Sky
Similar amounts of sun
Noosa Heads: Partly cloudy
Castries: Fairly sunny
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 6°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Castries is the wetter — about 379 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
The two cities see a similar amount of sun.
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) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | -2 | -2 | -1 | +2 | +4 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +5 | +3 | +1 | -1 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Difference | -2 | -2 | -1 | +2 | +4 | +7 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Castries | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +7 | +6 | +5 | +3 | +1 | -1 |
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +4 | +3 | +4 | +8 | +12 | +14 | +16 | +16 | +13 | +11 | +8 | +6 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Difference | +4 | +3 | +4 | +8 | +12 | +14 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| Castries | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +16 | +16 | +13 | +11 | +8 | +6 |
Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 163 | 230 | 217 | 150 | 144 | 124 | 69 | 79 | 57 | 119 | 91 | 140 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | -49 | -155 | -151 | -60 | -30 | +10 | +147 | +212 | +167 | +128 | +151 | +10 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 163 | 230 | 217 | 150 | 144 | 124 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 |
| Difference | -49 | -155 | -151 | -60 | -30 | +10 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 69 | 79 | 57 | 119 | 91 | 140 |
| Castries | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +147 | +212 | +167 | +128 | +151 | +10 |
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 54 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 54 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -16 | -18 | -12 | -2 | +1 | +9 | +8 | +10 | +15 | +6 | -4 | -13 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 54 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 50 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 |
| Difference | -16 | -18 | -12 | -2 | +1 | +9 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 41 | 36 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 54 |
| Castries | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | +8 | +10 | +15 | +6 | -4 | -13 |
Relative humidity (%) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 76 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 75 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | — | -3 | -2 | +1 | +4 | +5 | +8 | +11 | +9 | +8 | +6 | +2 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 76 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 73 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 |
| Difference | — | -3 | -2 | +1 | +4 | +5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noosa Heads | 71 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 75 |
| Castries | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | +8 | +11 | +9 | +8 | +6 | +2 |
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. Noosa Heads trends → · Castries trends →
Methodology & sources
Noosa Heads
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Tewantin Rsl Park, a weather station, about 5 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.
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.
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