diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-books-smoke.md b/.changeset/thirty-books-smoke.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f127b4017636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-books-smoke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': patch
+---
+
+Ensure create-astro respects package manager registry configuration
diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-plants-stare.md b/.changeset/yellow-plants-stare.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..753541888d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-plants-stare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes issue where Astro doesn't respect custom npm registry settings during project creation
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts
index aeb2c2fd7e3d..7af09b4de3a2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ const OFFICIAL_ADAPTER_TO_IMPORT_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
 	deno: '@astrojs/deno',
 };
 
+// Users might lack access to the global npm registry, this function
+// checks the user's project type and will return the proper npm registry
+//
+// A copy of this function also exists in the create-astro package
+async function getRegistry(): Promise<string> {
+	const packageManager = (await preferredPM(process.cwd()))?.name || 'npm';
+	const { stdout } = await execa(packageManager, ['config', 'get', 'registry']);
+	return stdout || 'https://registry.npmjs.org';
+}
+
 export default async function add(names: string[], { cwd, flags, logging, telemetry }: AddOptions) {
 	applyPolyfill();
 	if (flags.help || names.length === 0) {
@@ -673,7 +683,8 @@ async function fetchPackageJson(
 	tag: string
 ): Promise<object | Error> {
 	const packageName = `${scope ? `${scope}/` : ''}${name}`;
-	const res = await fetch(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${packageName}/${tag}`);
+	const registry = await getRegistry();
+	const res = await fetch(`${registry}/${packageName}/${tag}`);
 	if (res.status === 404) {
 		return new Error();
 	} else {
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/package.json b/packages/create-astro/package.json
index ff70a70e0355..c38e0839ae0c 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
     "chai": "^4.3.6",
     "execa": "^6.1.0",
     "giget": "1.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^9.2.2"
+    "mocha": "^9.2.2",
+    "preferred-pm": "^3.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/which-pm-runs": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
index 45bb7f96a603..1134b14dfdd2 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,20 @@ import { color, label, say as houston, spinner as load } from '@astrojs/cli-kit'
 import { align, sleep } from '@astrojs/cli-kit/utils';
 import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
 import { get } from 'node:https';
+import { execa } from 'execa';
+import preferredPM from 'preferred-pm';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 
+// Users might lack access to the global npm registry, this function
+// checks the user's project type and will return the proper npm registry
+//
+// A copy of this function also exists in the astro package
+async function getRegistry(): Promise<string> {
+	const packageManager = (await preferredPM(process.cwd()))?.name || 'npm';
+	const { stdout } = await execa(packageManager, ['config', 'get', 'registry']);
+	return stdout || 'https://registry.npmjs.org';
+}
+
 let stdout = process.stdout;
 /** @internal Used to mock `process.stdout.write` for testing purposes */
 export function setStdout(writable: typeof process.stdout) {
@@ -63,9 +75,10 @@ export const getName = () =>
 
 let v: string;
 export const getVersion = () =>
-	new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+	new Promise<string>(async (resolve) => {
 		if (v) return resolve(v);
-		get('https://registry.npmjs.org/astro/latest', (res) => {
+		const registry = await getRegistry();
+		get(`${registry}/astro/latest`, (res) => {
 			let body = '';
 			res.on('data', (chunk) => (body += chunk));
 			res.on('end', () => {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a6f92fd05cee..fa63609b13ff 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3554,6 +3554,9 @@ importers:
       mocha:
         specifier: ^9.2.2
         version: 9.2.2
+      preferred-pm:
+        specifier: ^3.0.3
+        version: 3.0.3
     devDependencies:
       '@types/which-pm-runs':
         specifier: ^1.0.0