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Basseterre in March

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Basseterre is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Basseterre is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is March a good time to visit Basseterre?

Yes. March is one of Basseterre's best months (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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

32% cover in March, against 28% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 01m in March, against 11h 07m to 13h 09m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February82°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March82°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April83°28°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Basseterre sits, in March

America/St Kitts
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:20 AMsets 6:21 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 March, 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.

See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Basseterre

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.