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Castries vs Kraków

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Comparing Castries change · Kraków change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 18°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 1348 mm more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 18°C on the year
Wetter Castries 1348 mm more a year
Sunnier Castries 22 pp less cloud
Colder winters Kraków 30°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Kraków, in everyday terms.

Summers

Castries has hotter summers

Castries: Warm
Kraków: Mild

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Kraków: Cold

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Kraków: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Castries is far sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Kraków: Often cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 18°C on the annual average.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct CastriesKraków

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 1348 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0150300 JanAprJulOct CastriesKraków

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesKraków

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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272727282828282929292827
Kraków2381520232525191483
Difference-25-23-19-13-8-5-3-4-10-15-20-25
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries272727282828
Kraków238152023
Difference-25-23-19-13-8-5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries282929292827
Kraków2525191483
Difference-3-4-10-15-20-25
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries262525262727272828282726
Kraków-5-4-138121413940-4
Difference-31-29-26-23-19-15-14-14-19-23-27-30
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries262525262727
Kraków-5-4-13812
Difference-31-29-26-23-19-15
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272828282726
Kraków1413940-4
Difference-14-14-19-23-27-30
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries113766690114134216291224246243149
Kraków363035447772915858453731
Difference-77-46-32-46-37-61-125-233-166-201-205-119
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries113766690114134
Kraków363035447772
Difference-77-46-32-46-37-61
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries216291224246243149
Kraków915858453731
Difference-125-233-166-201-205-119
Cloud cover (%) Kraków runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Kraków757669666768656265717574
Difference+36+37+28+17+15+10+15+16+14+19+29+34
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Kraków757669666768
Difference+36+37+28+17+15+10
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Kraków656265717574
Difference+15+16+14+19+29+34
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Kraków929084787674696773829092
Difference+16+15+9+2-1-5-9-12-6+2+10+15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Kraków929084787674
Difference+16+15+9+2-1-5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Kraków696773829092
Difference-9-12-6+2+10+15

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 → · Kraków 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.

Kraków

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Balice, a weather station, about 11 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 →