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Castries vs Marrakesh

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Comparing Castries change · Marrakesh change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 1744 mm more rain a year, and Marrakesh the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 7°C on the year
Wetter Castries 1744 mm more a year
Sunnier Marrakesh 14 pp less cloud
Colder winters Marrakesh 19°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Marrakesh, in everyday terms.

Summers

Marrakesh has far hotter summers

Castries: Warm
Marrakesh: Very hot

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Marrakesh: Cool

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Marrakesh: Very dry

Sky

Marrakesh is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Marrakesh: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 7°C on the annual average.

-0°20°40° JanAprJulOct CastriesMarrakesh

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 1744 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0150300 JanAprJulOct CastriesMarrakesh

Clear skies

Marrakesh has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesMarrakesh

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272727282828282929292827
Marrakesh192124263034383733292320
Difference-8-6-3-2+1+5+9+9+4-5-7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries272727282828
Marrakesh192124263034
Difference-8-6-3-2+1+5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries282929292827
Marrakesh383733292320
Difference+9+9+4-5-7
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries262525262727272828282726
Marrakesh681012151821211916117
Difference-20-18-15-14-12-9-7-6-9-12-16-19
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries262525262727
Marrakesh6810121518
Difference-20-18-15-14-12-9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272828282726
Marrakesh21211916117
Difference-7-6-9-12-16-19
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries113766690114134216291224246243149
Marrakesh242726311039515172823
Difference-89-49-40-59-103-131-208-286-209-229-214-126
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries113766690114134
Marrakesh24272631103
Difference-89-49-40-59-103-131
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries216291224246243149
Marrakesh9515172823
Difference-208-286-209-229-214-126
Cloud cover (%) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Marrakesh373939393622202630373637
Difference-2-2-10-16-37-29-21-21-14-11-3
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Marrakesh373939393622
Difference-2-2-10-16-37
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Marrakesh202630373637
Difference-29-21-21-14-11-3
Relative humidity (%) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Marrakesh595856565043323445505459
Difference-17-16-19-20-27-36-46-45-34-30-25-18
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Marrakesh595856565043
Difference-17-16-19-20-27-36
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Marrakesh323445505459
Difference-46-45-34-30-25-18

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. Castries trends → · Marrakesh trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

Marrakesh

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Menara, 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.

How we build these numbers →