Best Travel Time and Climate for Guadeloupe
If you are thinking about vacationing in the Caribbean, you will come across Guadeloupe more and more often. Although the island is almost 7,000 kilometers from Paris, it officially belongs to France as a French overseas department. Like most parts of the Caribbean, however, you should pay attention to the best travel time when traveling.
According to THERELIGIONFAQS, Guadeloupe is part of the Lesser Antilles. The two main islands Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre are only connected by a land area of almost 40 meters. For this reason, Guadeloupe is often referred to as the “butterfly island”.
The landscape of the two main islands Grand-Terre and Basse-Terre differ quite significantly. Grand-Terre is of volcanic origin and has mountains and lush green vegetation. The smaller island of Basse-Terre, on the other hand, is rather flat and only sparsely populated.
Best travel time
The best time to travel to Guadeloupe is from December to May , when the weather stays warm and dry and the daily highs are 30 ° C. Although temperatures are pleasant all year round, the hurricane season in August and September can put your travel plans at risk. Most of the rain falls from June to July and from October to November, the high humidity is depressing and extremely uncomfortable.
Although the Caribbean is warm all year round, most holidaymakers find the weather to be most pleasant during the winter months. Winter is also the most popular travel time. Trade winds provide a pleasant cooling all year round.
The rainy season in Guadeloupe lasts from July to January , with the heaviest rainfall occurring in the summer months between June and October. Due to its location in the “Leeward Islands”, Guadeloupe is also exposed to strong hurricanes and tropical storms, which repeatedly cause considerable damage to the island. The hurricane season ends in November. Although the main season runs from mid-December to mid-April, many travelers visit Guadeloupe as early as November and May.
If you want to avoid renovations, closed hotel complexes and bad weather, you should visit Guadeloupe during high season. Flights and hotels are usually booked out months in advance. The prices are particularly high during this period and restaurants are often very busy.
However, there are also reasons to visit the island in the low season from May to November . The weather is still pleasant during this time and you can save a lot of money. Airfares and hotel stays are usually up to 50% cheaper than in the main season. Due to the lower number of tourists, it is much easier to get a seat in the numerous restaurants and you don’t have to share the islands with so many tourists.
Climate in Basse-Terre
The maximum temperature in Guadeloupe is 31 ° C. The summer (June to September) with average 31 ° C hot . In the winter months it is around 28 ° C very warm . During the day, the average annual temperature in Guadeloupe is a warm 29.7 ° C.
At night it gets coldest at 23 ° C. While the nights in summer are averages of a pleasantly warm 25 ° C, the thermometer drops to a pleasantly warm 23 ° C between November and March. The temperature averages a pleasant 24.1 ° C at night all year round.
The water temperature is up to 30 ° C in September, in January, February and March the sea has a maximum of 27 ° C. In the summer months from June to September the water is very warm with an average of 29 ° C. Between November and March the values are a very warm 28 ° C. Over the year, the sea has an average temperature of 28.3 ° C.
With 14 rainy days, November is the rainiest month of the year. The March , April and May are with 6 days of rain, the driest months of the year . From June to September Guadeloupe is relatively humid with an average of around 12 rainy days each, the winter (November to March) is quite dry with 9 rainy days. Rain falls on an annual average of 9.5 days per month.
