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Cork vs Castries
Comparing Cork change · Castries change
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 17°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 727 mm more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Cork and Castries, in everyday terms.
Summers
Castries has far hotter summers
Cork: Cool
Castries: Warm
Winters
Castries has far milder winters
Cork: Chilly
Castries: Stays warm
Rain & snow
Castries is wetter
Cork: Wet
Castries: Very wet
Sky
Castries is far sunnier
Cork: Often cloudy
Castries: Fairly sunny
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 17°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Castries is the wetter — about 727 mm more across the year.
Clear skies
Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.
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) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +18 | +18 | +17 | +15 | +14 | +11 | +10 | +10 | +12 | +15 | +18 | +19 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Difference | +18 | +18 | +17 | +15 | +14 | +11 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Castries | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +10 | +10 | +12 | +15 | +18 | +19 |
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +22 | +22 | +22 | +21 | +19 | +17 | +16 | +16 | +18 | +20 | +22 | +23 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Difference | +22 | +22 | +22 | +21 | +19 | +17 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Castries | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +16 | +16 | +18 | +20 | +22 | +23 |
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 139 | 96 | 98 | 84 | 78 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 131 | 119 | 126 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | -26 | -21 | -31 | +6 | +36 | +46 | +126 | +200 | +129 | +115 | +123 | +24 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 139 | 96 | 98 | 84 | 78 | 87 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 |
| Difference | -26 | -21 | -31 | +6 | +36 | +46 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 90 | 91 | 95 | 131 | 119 | 126 |
| Castries | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +126 | +200 | +129 | +115 | +123 | +24 |
Cloud cover (%) Cork runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 75 | 76 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -37 | -38 | -31 | -20 | -17 | -11 | -23 | -25 | -18 | -20 | -24 | -32 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 75 | 76 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 70 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 |
| Difference | -37 | -38 | -31 | -20 | -17 | -11 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 73 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 |
| Castries | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -23 | -25 | -18 | -20 | -24 | -32 |
Relative humidity (%) Cork runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 93 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 94 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | -18 | -18 | -15 | -12 | -8 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -11 | -12 | -14 | -17 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 93 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 85 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 |
| Difference | -18 | -18 | -15 | -12 | -8 | -7 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 87 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 94 |
| Castries | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | -8 | -9 | -11 | -12 | -14 | -17 |
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. Cork trends → · Castries trends →
Methodology & sources
Cork
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Cork, a weather station, about 6 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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