Climate · Basseterre

Basseterre in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Basseterre is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 7 minutes.December in Basseterre is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 7 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 54% of days
Daylight
11h 07mon average

Is December a good time to visit Basseterre?


A good month, just outside Basseterre's best months, which run from January to April.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in December, against 82°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

54% of days in December, against 38% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in December, against 28% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

11h 07m in December, against 11h 07m to 13h 09m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. November85°29°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December83°28°low 77°low 25°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Basseterre sits, in December

America/St Kitts

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:33 AMsets 5:39 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
17.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Basseterre, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Basseterre is our one place in St Kitts & Nevis so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km west of Basseterre. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (60 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (60 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.