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Athens vs Castries

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Comparing Athens change · Castries change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 15°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 63 in more rain a year.

Warmer Castries 15°F on the year
Wetter Castries 63 in more a year
Sunnier About the same similar amount of sun
Colder winters Athens 33°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Athens and Castries, in everyday terms.

Summers

Athens has much hotter summers

Athens: Hot
Castries: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Athens: Cool
Castries: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Athens: Fairly dry
Castries: Very wet

Sky

Similar amounts of sun

Athens: Fairly sunny
Castries: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 15°F on the annual average.

40°60°80°100° JanAprJulOct AthensCastries

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 63 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 0612 JanAprJulOct AthensCastries

Clear skies

The two cities see a similar amount of sun.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct AthensCastries

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) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens565762687786929284756659
Castries808080828383838484838381
Difference+24+22+19+13+5-3-8-8+8+17+23
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Athens565762687786
Castries808080828383
Difference+24+22+19+13+5-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens929284756659
Castries838484838381
Difference-8-8+8+17+23
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens444448536169747568615348
Castries787778798081818282828179
Difference+34+33+30+26+20+12+7+7+14+21+27+32
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Athens444448536169
Castries787778798081
Difference+34+33+30+26+20+12
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens747568615348
Castries818282828179
Difference+7+7+14+21+27+32
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens1.81.41.610.60.40.30.10.61.32.42.4
Castries4.532.63.54.55.38.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+2.6+1.6+1+2.5+3.9+4.9+8.2+11.4+8.2+8.4+7.1+3.5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Athens1.81.41.610.60.4
Castries4.532.63.54.55.3
Difference+2.6+1.6+1+2.5+3.9+4.9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens0.30.10.61.32.42.4
Castries8.511.58.89.79.65.9
Difference+8.2+11.4+8.2+8.4+7.1+3.5
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens585855514427201929455561
Castries383942495259504651514641
Difference-20-19-13-2+9+31+30+28+21+7-9-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Athens585855514427
Castries383942495259
Difference-20-19-13-2+9+31
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens201929455561
Castries504651514641
Difference+30+28+21+7-9-20
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens818077716254515460707781
Castries767575767779797979797977
Difference-5-5-2+5+15+24+28+25+18+9+2-4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Athens818077716254
Castries767575767779
Difference-5-5-2+5+15+24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Athens515460707781
Castries797979797977
Difference+28+25+18+9+2-4

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. Athens trends → · Castries trends →

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

Methodology & sources

Athens

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Hellinikon, 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.

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 →