Castries
Capital of Saint Lucia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
CastriesStLucia: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Castries is the capital of Saint Lucia. About 20,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Saint Lucia in our atlas.
It lies at 14.00° N, 61.01° W, about 119 m (390 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/St_Lucia time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Castries. Green dots: other major cities of Saint Lucia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Castries has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 26°C (78°F). Around 1,443 mm (57 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3576812 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q41699 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- CastriesStLucia: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)