Port Charlotte is located at the north end of the Charlotte Harbor Estuary northwest of the City of Punta Gorda. It is 100 miles south of Tampa and 65 miles north of Naples. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 23.9 square miles (61.9 km2). 22.3 square miles (57.8 km2) of it is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) of it (6.66%) is water. Port Charlotte has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classificationCfa) bordering on a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classificationAw). The summers are long, hot and humid with frequent afternoon thunderstorms. The winters are mild to warm with a pronounced drop in precipitation. Year round, the diurnal temperature change averages around 20 degrees Fahrenheit (11 degrees Celsius).

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