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Limerick vs Castries
Comparing Limerick change · Castries change
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 16°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 897 mm more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Limerick and Castries, in everyday terms.
Summers
Castries has far hotter summers
Limerick: Mild
Castries: Warm
Winters
Castries has far milder winters
Limerick: Chilly
Castries: Stays warm
Rain & snow
Castries is wetter
Limerick: Wet
Castries: Very wet
Sky
Castries is far sunnier
Limerick: Often grey
Castries: Fairly sunny
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 16°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Castries is the wetter — about 897 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +18 | +17 | +16 | +14 | +12 | +10 | +9 | +9 | +11 | +14 | +17 | +18 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Difference | +18 | +17 | +16 | +14 | +12 | +10 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 20 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Castries | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +9 | +9 | +11 | +14 | +17 | +18 |
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +22 | +22 | +21 | +20 | +19 | +16 | +15 | +15 | +17 | +19 | +22 | +22 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Difference | +22 | +22 | +21 | +20 | +19 | +16 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Castries | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +15 | +15 | +17 | +19 | +22 | +22 |
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 109 | 95 | 83 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 76 | 92 | 84 | 105 | 107 | 116 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +5 | -19 | -17 | +26 | +47 | +65 | +141 | +199 | +140 | +142 | +135 | +33 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 109 | 95 | 83 | 63 | 66 | 69 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 |
| Difference | +5 | -19 | -17 | +26 | +47 | +65 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 76 | 92 | 84 | 105 | 107 | 116 |
| Castries | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +141 | +199 | +140 | +142 | +135 | +33 |
Cloud cover (%) Limerick runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 77 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -38 | -40 | -34 | -26 | -24 | -19 | -30 | -31 | -23 | -23 | -28 | -36 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 77 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 78 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 |
| Difference | -38 | -40 | -34 | -26 | -24 | -19 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 79 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
| Castries | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -30 | -31 | -23 | -23 | -28 | -36 |
Relative humidity (%) Limerick runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 94 | 92 | 90 | 87 | 84 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 93 | 94 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | -18 | -18 | -15 | -10 | -7 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -9 | -11 | -14 | -17 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 94 | 92 | 90 | 87 | 84 | 83 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 |
| Difference | -18 | -18 | -15 | -10 | -7 | -5 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 85 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 93 | 94 |
| Castries | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | -6 | -7 | -9 | -11 | -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. Limerick trends → · Castries trends →
Methodology & sources
Limerick
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Shannon, a weather station, about 21 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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