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Tofino vs Carmel-by-the-Sea

Cfb Oceanic / temperateCsb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Tofino change · Carmel-by-the-Sea change

Bottom line

Carmel-by-the-Sea is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average; Tofino is the wetter, with 118 in more rain a year, and Carmel-by-the-Sea the sunnier.

Warmer Carmel-by-the-Sea 8°F on the year
Wetter Tofino 118 in more a year
Sunnier Carmel-by-the-Sea 32 pp less cloud
Colder winters Tofino 4°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Tofino and Carmel-by-the-Sea, in everyday terms.

Summers

Carmel-by-the-Sea has much hotter summers

Tofino: Mild
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Mild

Winters

Carmel-by-the-Sea has milder winters

Tofino: Chilly
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Cool

Rain & snow

Tofino is much wetter

Tofino: Very wet
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly dry

Sky

Carmel-by-the-Sea is far sunnier

Tofino: Often cloudy
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Carmel-by-the-Sea is the warmer of the two — about 8°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80° JanAprJulOct TofinoCarmel-by-the-Sea

Precipitation

Tofino is the wetter — about 118 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 010.521 JanAprJulOct TofinoCarmel-by-the-Sea

Clear skies

Carmel-by-the-Sea has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct TofinoCarmel-by-the-Sea

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino474950545963666764575147
Carmel-by-the-Sea636466676870717375746862
Difference+16+16+16+13+9+7+5+6+10+17+17+16
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino474950545963
Carmel-by-the-Sea636466676870
Difference+16+16+16+13+9+7
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino666764575147
Carmel-by-the-Sea717375746862
Difference+5+6+10+17+17+16
Avg low (°F) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino373637394449525249443936
Carmel-by-the-Sea414244454951545453494340
Difference+4+6+7+6+4+3+2+2+4+5+4+4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino373637394449
Carmel-by-the-Sea414244454951
Difference+4+6+7+6+4+3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino525249443936
Carmel-by-the-Sea545453494340
Difference+2+2+4+5+4+4
Precipitation (in) Tofino runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino20.412.613.610.75.84.934.26.713.419.118.7
Carmel-by-the-Sea3.332.51.10.50.1000.10.61.62.8
Difference-17.2-9.6-11.2-9.7-5.3-4.8-3-4.2-6.6-12.8-17.5-15.9
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino20.412.613.610.75.84.9
Carmel-by-the-Sea3.332.51.10.50.1
Difference-17.2-9.6-11.2-9.7-5.3-4.8
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino34.26.713.419.118.7
Carmel-by-the-Sea000.10.61.62.8
Difference-3-4.2-6.6-12.8-17.5-15.9
Snowfall (in) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino2.62.22.40.10000000.72.7
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000000000
Difference-2.6-2.2-2.4-0.1——————-0.7-2.7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino2.62.22.40.100
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000
Difference-2.6-2.2-2.4-0.1——
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino00000.72.7
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000
Difference————-0.7-2.7
Cloud cover (%) Tofino runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino797578757372616358707780
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933353330313948
Difference-28-24-30-33-34-39-27-30-29-39-38-31
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino797578757372
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933
Difference-28-24-30-33-34-39
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino616358707780
Carmel-by-the-Sea353330313948
Difference-27-30-29-39-38-31
Relative humidity (%) Tofino runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino888585838385868786878788
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382838380777879
Difference-7-2-1——-3-3-5-6-10-9-9
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Tofino888585838385
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382
Difference-7-2-1——-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tofino868786878788
Carmel-by-the-Sea838380777879
Difference-3-5-6-10-9-9

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. Tofino trends → · Carmel-by-the-Sea trends →

Methodology & sources

Tofino

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Ucluelet Kennedy Camp, a weather station, about 36 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.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Salinas #2 (NOAA GHCN station USC00047668), about 26 km from the city centre.

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 →

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