Climate averages 1991–2020

Basse-Terre weather
in April.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 30 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Basse-Terre · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Basse-Terre: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Roseau (86 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 1.8°C cooler than Basse-Terre, with 29 mm of rain.

From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 50 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Basse-Terre climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Basse-Terre, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.3°C24.4°C24.4°C3011.911.311 h
February 27.4°C24.1°C24.1°C229.111.612 h
March 28.0°C24.3°C24.3°C197.212.012 h
April, selected 28.8°C25.0°C25.0°C309.612.512 h
May 29.5°C25.8°C25.8°C5011.512.913 h
June 30.0°C26.4°C26.4°C4512.413.113 h
July 30.0°C26.4°C26.4°C6215.913.013 h
August 30.1°C26.6°C26.6°C7917.812.713 h
September 30.0°C26.7°C26.7°C10718.112.212 h
October 29.5°C26.5°C26.5°C10819.511.812 h
November 28.6°C25.9°C25.9°C8616.311.411 h
December 27.8°C25.0°C25.0°C4013.511.211 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Basse-Terre

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Basse-Terre) is explained once on the Basse-Terre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.