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Basse-Terre weather by month

Basse-Terre runs from about 25°C in January to 28°C in October, with July the wettest month at 168 mm.

warmest month

October

28°C

coolest month

January

25°C

wettest month

July

168 mm

worst air month

June

12 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Basse-Terre
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January25°C102 mm329 h6
February25°C64 mm307 h7
March26°C115 mm358 h7
April26°C94 mm354 h6
May28°C101 mm345 h9
June28°C130 mm337 h12
July27°C168 mm322 h11
August27°C141 mm327 h8
September27°C122 mm320 h6
October28°C63 mm351 h6
November27°C154 mm302 h5
December25°C92 mm323 h6

About 3,975 hours of sun a year. Roughly 133 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.