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Castries vs Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 13°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 1571 mm more rain a year, and Carmel-by-the-Sea the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 13°C on the year
Wetter Castries 1571 mm more a year
Sunnier Carmel-by-the-Sea 7 pp less cloud
Colder winters Carmel-by-the-Sea 21°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Carmel-by-the-Sea, in everyday terms.

Summers

Castries has much hotter summers

Castries: Warm
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Mild

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Cool

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly dry

Sky

Carmel-by-the-Sea is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 13°C on the annual average.

-10°0°10°20°30°40° JanAprJulOct CastriesCarmel-by-the-Sea

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 1571 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0150300 JanAprJulOct CastriesCarmel-by-the-Sea

Clear skies

Carmel-by-the-Sea has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesCarmel-by-the-Sea

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272727282828282929292827
Carmel-by-the-Sea171819202021222324232017
Difference-9-9-8-8-8-7-7-6-5-5-8-10
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries272727282828
Carmel-by-the-Sea171819202021
Difference-9-9-8-8-8-7
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries282929292827
Carmel-by-the-Sea222324232017
Difference-7-6-5-5-8-10
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries262525262727272828282726
Carmel-by-the-Sea5677911121211965
Difference-20-20-19-19-18-16-15-15-16-18-21-22
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries262525262727
Carmel-by-the-Sea5677911
Difference-20-20-19-19-18-16
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272828282726
Carmel-by-the-Sea121211965
Difference-15-15-16-18-21-22
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries113766690114134216291224246243149
Carmel-by-the-Sea83766227122012154070
Difference-30—-4-62-101-132-216-290-223-231-202-80
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries113766690114134
Carmel-by-the-Sea83766227122
Difference-30—-4-62-101-132
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries216291224246243149
Carmel-by-the-Sea012154070
Difference-216-290-223-231-202-80
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933353330313948
Difference+12+12+6-7-13-26-15-13-21-20-7+8
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933
Difference+12+12+6-7-13-26
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Carmel-by-the-Sea353330313948
Difference-15-13-21-20-7+8
Relative humidity (%) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382838380777879
Difference+5+8+9+7+6+4+4+4+2-2-1+2
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382
Difference+5+8+9+7+6+4
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Carmel-by-the-Sea838380777879
Difference+4+4+2-2-1+2

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 → · Carmel-by-the-Sea trends →

Both cities' Köppen climate types are projected to hold steady through 2099 (SSP2-4.5).

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.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Salinas #2 (NOAA GHCN station USC00047668), about 26 km from the city centre.

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 →

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