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Arosa vs Castries

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Comparing Arosa change · Castries change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 42°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 31 in more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 42°F on the year
Wetter Castries 31 in more a year
Sunnier Castries 21 pp less cloud
Colder winters Arosa 59°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Arosa and Castries, in everyday terms.

Summers

Castries has far hotter summers

Arosa: Cool
Castries: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Arosa: Very cold
Castries: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Castries is wetter

Arosa: Wet
Castries: Very wet

Sky

Castries is sunnier

Arosa: Often cloudy
Castries: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 42°F on the annual average.

20°40°60°80° JanAprJulOct ArosaCastries

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 31 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0612 JanAprJulOct ArosaCastries

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct ArosaCastries

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa313136414957606053473832
Castries808080828383838484838381
Difference+49+49+45+40+33+26+23+24+31+36+44+49
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Arosa313136414957
Castries808080828383
Difference+49+49+45+40+33+26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa606053473832
Castries838484838381
Difference+23+24+31+36+44+49
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa201923293742464740352722
Castries787778798081818282828179
Difference+58+59+55+50+44+38+35+35+42+47+54+58
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Arosa201923293742
Castries787778798081
Difference+58+59+55+50+44+38
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa464740352722
Castries818282828179
Difference+35+35+42+47+54+58
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa32.52.933.85.25.46.24.13.53.53.2
Castries4.532.63.54.55.38.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+1.4+0.4-0.3+0.5+0.7+0.1+3.2+5.3+4.7+6.2+6+2.7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Arosa32.52.933.85.2
Castries4.532.63.54.55.3
Difference+1.4+0.4-0.3+0.5+0.7+0.1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa5.46.24.13.53.53.2
Castries8.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+3.2+5.3+4.7+6.2+6+2.7
Cloud cover (%) Arosa runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa687072757569626163657070
Castries383942495259504651514641
Difference-29-31-30-25-23-11-12-15-13-14-24-29
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Arosa687072757569
Castries383942495259
Difference-29-31-30-25-23-11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa626163657070
Castries504651514641
Difference-12-15-13-14-24-29
Relative humidity (%) Arosa runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa888987807979808183848788
Castries767575767779797979797977
Difference-13-14-12-4-1-1-1-2-4-5-8-11
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Arosa888987807979
Castries767575767779
Difference-13-14-12-4-1-1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arosa808183848788
Castries797979797977
Difference-1-2-4-5-8-11

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. Arosa trends → · Castries trends →

Methodology & sources

Arosa

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Arosa, about 2 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.

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.

How we build these numbers →