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Satellite view of Frigate Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Frigate Beach

Saint Kitts and NevisSaint George Basseterre · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Caribbean Sea

17.2811, -62.6887 · Basseterre, 4 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.4 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Frigate Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Frigate Beach in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.7 hSunshine a day
  • 19 daysRainy days in the month136 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.4 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March18 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h28 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h18 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h24 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h38 mm
  5. May27°9 h73 mm
  6. Jun28°9 h58 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h74 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h90 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h105 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h136 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h96 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h51 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Feb: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Mar: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Apr: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jul: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Aug: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Nov: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Dec: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 mmFeb: 18 mm18Mar: 24 mmApr: 38 mmMay: 73 mmJun: 58 mmJul: 74 mmAug: 90 mmSep: 105 mmOct: 136 mm136Nov: 96 mmDec: 51 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 hFeb: 8.8 hMar: 9.3 hApr: 9.4 h9.4May: 8.7 hJun: 8.8 hJul: 8.8 hAug: 9.0 hSep: 8.3 hOct: 7.7 hNov: 7.6 h7.6Dec: 7.8 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Frigate Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Frigate Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2625272888.225
February2625261868.825
March2625262469.323
April2726273899.423
May28272773148.724
June28272858148.825
July28282874168.827
August29282990189.024
Septemberwarmest sea292829105208.320
October292829136197.720
November28272896157.622
December27262751127.825

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Frigate Beach: Karibik, St. Kitts - North Frigate Bay - View from Timothy Hill - panoramio
Photo: giggel · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Frigate Beach: St. Kitts Basseterre Frigate Bay
Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Frigate Beach: North Frigate Bay (49939546858)
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER32 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.132 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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