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Chengdu vs Castries

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Comparing Chengdu change · Castries change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 46 in more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 18°F on the year
Wetter Castries 46 in more a year
Sunnier Castries 35 pp less cloud
Colder winters Chengdu 39°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Chengdu and Castries, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Chengdu: Warm
Castries: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Chengdu: Chilly
Castries: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Chengdu: Moderate rainfall
Castries: Very wet

Sky

Castries is far sunnier

Chengdu: Often grey
Castries: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 18°F on the annual average.

40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct ChengduCastries

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 46 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0612 JanAprJulOct ChengduCastries

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct ChengduCastries

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 (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu495461728083868579696151
Castries808080828383838484838381
Difference+31+26+19+10+3-3-2+5+14+21+30
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Chengdu495461728083
Castries808080828383
Difference+31+26+19+10+3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu868579696151
Castries838484838381
Difference-3-2+5+14+21+30
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu384348576470737166595041
Castries787778798081818282828179
Difference+40+35+30+22+17+11+9+10+16+23+31+38
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Chengdu384348576470
Castries787778798081
Difference+40+35+30+22+17+11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu737166595041
Castries818282828179
Difference+9+10+16+23+31+38
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu0.30.50.71.72.44.578.33.71.40.60.2
Castries4.532.63.54.55.38.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+4.2+2.5+1.9+1.8+2.1+0.8+1.5+3.2+5.1+8.3+9+5.7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Chengdu0.30.50.71.72.44.5
Castries4.532.63.54.55.3
Difference+4.2+2.5+1.9+1.8+2.1+0.8
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu78.33.71.40.60.2
Castries8.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+1.5+3.2+5.1+8.3+9+5.7
Cloud cover (%) Chengdu runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu788284828485817785877877
Castries383942495259504651514641
Difference-40-44-42-33-32-26-31-31-34-35-32-36
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Chengdu788284828485
Castries383942495259
Difference-40-44-42-33-32-26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu817785877877
Castries504651514641
Difference-31-31-34-35-32-36
Relative humidity (%) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu757368656468757980807776
Castries767575767779797979797977
Difference+2+7+11+14+10+4-2-1+2+1
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Chengdu757368656468
Castries767575767779
Difference+2+7+11+14+10
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chengdu757980807776
Castries797979797977
Difference+4-2-1+2+1

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. Chengdu trends → · Castries trends →

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

Methodology & sources

Chengdu

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 13 years of daily observations at Chengdu, 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.

How we build these numbers →