Home › Compare › Castries vs Carmel-by-the-Sea
Castries vs Carmel-by-the-Sea
Comparing Castries change · Carmel-by-the-Sea change
Castries is the warmer of the two — about 23°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 62 in more rain a year, and Carmel-by-the-Sea the sunnier.
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 23°F on the annual average.
Precipitation
Castries is the wetter — about 62 in more across the year.
Clear skies
Carmel-by-the-Sea 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 (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 80 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 81 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 63 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 62 |
| Difference | -17 | -16 | -14 | -14 | -14 | -13 | -12 | -11 | -9 | -9 | -14 | -19 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 80 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 83 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 63 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 70 |
| Difference | -17 | -16 | -14 | -14 | -14 | -13 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 81 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 71 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 62 |
| Difference | -12 | -11 | -9 | -9 | -14 | -19 |
Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 78 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 79 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 41 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 40 |
| Difference | -37 | -35 | -34 | -34 | -32 | -30 | -27 | -28 | -30 | -33 | -37 | -39 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 78 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 41 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 51 |
| Difference | -37 | -35 | -34 | -34 | -32 | -30 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 81 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 79 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 54 | 54 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 40 |
| Difference | -27 | -28 | -30 | -33 | -37 | -39 |
Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 4.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Difference | -1.2 | — | -0.2 | -2.5 | -4 | -5.2 | -8.5 | -11.4 | -8.8 | -9.1 | -8 | -3.1 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 4.5 | 3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Difference | -1.2 | — | -0.2 | -2.5 | -4 | -5.2 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 8.5 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Difference | -8.5 | -11.4 | -8.8 | -9.1 | -8 | -3.1 |
Cloud cover (%) Varies through the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 50 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 48 |
| Difference | +12 | +12 | +6 | -7 | -13 | -26 | -15 | -13 | -21 | -20 | -7 | +8 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 38 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 52 | 59 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 50 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 33 |
| Difference | +12 | +12 | +6 | -7 | -13 | -26 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 50 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 41 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 35 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 48 |
| Difference | -15 | -13 | -21 | -20 | -7 | +8 |
Relative humidity (%) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 81 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| Difference | +5 | +8 | +9 | +7 | +6 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +2 | -2 | -1 | +2 |
| Jan – Jun | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 79 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 81 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
| Difference | +5 | +8 | +9 | +7 | +6 | +4 |
| Jul – Dec | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castries | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea | 83 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| 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.
← change Castries · change Carmel-by-the-Sea → · Castries page · Carmel-by-the-Sea page