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Taormina vs Castries
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Castries is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 1676 mm more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.
How the seasons compare
The differences between Taormina and Castries, in everyday terms.
Summers
Taormina has hotter summers
Taormina: Hot
Castries: Warm
Winters
Castries has far milder winters
Taormina: Cool
Castries: Stays warm
Rain & snow
Castries is much wetter
Taormina: Fairly dry
Castries: Very wet
Sky
Castries is sunnier
Taormina: Partly cloudy
Castries: Fairly sunny
Month-by-month charts
Temperature
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average.
Precipitation
Castries is the wetter — about 1676 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 17 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | +12 | +11 | +10 | +8 | +4 | — | -3 | -3 | +1 | +4 | +8 | +11 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 |
| Castries | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Difference | +12 | +11 | +10 | +8 | +4 | — |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 32 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 17 |
| Castries | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
| Difference | -3 | -3 | +1 | +4 | +8 | +11 |
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +17 | +17 | +15 | +14 | +11 | +7 | +4 | +4 | +7 | +10 | +14 | +16 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 21 |
| Castries | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Difference | +17 | +17 | +15 | +14 | +11 | +7 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 23 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| Castries | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Difference | +4 | +4 | +7 | +10 | +14 | +16 |
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 57 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +72 | +39 | +40 | +76 | +107 | +131 | +211 | +284 | +197 | +214 | +212 | +93 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
| Castries | 113 | 76 | 66 | 90 | 114 | 134 |
| Difference | +72 | +39 | +40 | +76 | +107 | +131 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 57 |
| Castries | 216 | 291 | 224 | 246 | 243 | 149 |
| Difference | +211 | +284 | +197 | +214 | +212 | +93 |
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 66 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 40 | 28 | 30 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 68 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | -28 | -28 | -20 | -12 | — | +19 | +22 | +16 | +1 | -5 | -19 | -28 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 66 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 40 |
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 |
| Difference | -28 | -28 | -20 | -12 | — | +19 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 28 | 30 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 68 |
| Castries | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Difference | +22 | +16 | +1 | -5 | -19 | -28 |
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 78 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 65 | 62 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 77 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | -2 | -3 | -2 | — | +6 | +13 | +17 | +18 | +12 | +7 | +3 | — |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 78 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 65 |
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 |
| Difference | -2 | -3 | -2 | — | +6 | +13 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taormina | 62 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 77 |
| Castries | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Difference | +17 | +18 | +12 | +7 | +3 | — |
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. Taormina trends → · Castries trends →
Methodology & sources
Taormina
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Reggio Calabria, a weather station, about 40 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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