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Satellite view of Petite Soufrière Bay; 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.

Bay

Petite Soufrière Bay

DominicaSaint David Parish · Dominica · Caribbean Sea

15.3872, -61.2474 · Castle Bruce, 6 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.0 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Petite Soufrière Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Petite Soufrière Bay in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 25 daysRainy days in the month199 mm in total
  • 21 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 29.7 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.4 °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 March45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h61 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h45 mm
  3. Mar27°9 h46 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h75 mm
  5. May28°8 h106 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h133 mm
  7. Jul28°8 h157 mm
  8. Aug29°8 h173 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h169 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h199 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h161 mm
  12. Dec28°8 h94 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
27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 26°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 61 mmFeb: 45 mm45Mar: 46 mmApr: 75 mmMay: 106 mmJun: 133 mmJul: 157 mmAug: 173 mmSep: 169 mmOct: 199 mm199Nov: 161 mmDec: 94 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.1 hFeb: 8.6 hMar: 9.0 h9.0Apr: 8.7 hMay: 8.3 hJun: 8.0 hJul: 8.3 hAug: 8.5 hSep: 8.1 hOct: 7.4 h7.4Nov: 7.5 hDec: 7.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Petite Soufrière Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Petite Soufrière Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26252761198.127
February26252645148.627
March26252746149.025
April27262775158.725
May282628106198.326
June282728133218.028
July282728157248.328
August292729173258.524
Septemberwarmest sea292729169248.120
October282729199257.421
November282628161227.523
December27262894207.626

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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 POWER12 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.112 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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