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Saint-Barthélemy (also called St. Barths) is located in the Caribbean Sea and is an overseas community of France. Centuries ago, Saint Barthélemy was owned by Sweden for a long time. This makes Saint-Barthélemy the only Swedish colony that the country has had in the Caribbean. In the coat of arms of Saint-Barthélemy you will therefore still find the three crowns that symbolize the Swedish army. Little St. Barths (just 21 square kilometers) is a popular holiday destination among the rich and famous. Mass tourism has virtually no chance here. This is mainly because large aircraft cannot land at the small Gustav III airport. Only small aircraft with no more than 20 people on board can land on the short runway of the island. The tourists spotted on St. Barths are mainly American pop stars, actors, actresses, fashion models and other wealthy people from the United States, who stay in very luxurious hotels and sometimes exorbitantly expensive private villas. You will not easily find an affordable package holiday from the Netherlands to Saint-Barthélemy. If you want to take a look, you cana day trip to St. Barths from Sint Maarten. Saint-Barthélemy has a tropical monsoon climate with a drier season from December to April and a wetter season from August to November. The total annual amount of precipitation is around a thousand millimeters. Most rain falls in the form of showers, which usually last no longer than 10 to 15 minutes. With average maximum temperatures of 29 to 32 degrees, it is tropical warm all year round.

Climate figures

The figures below are based on long-term average climate statistics. The temperatures are displayed in degrees Celsius (°C).

Best time to visit Saint Barthelemy

Do you want to know when is the best time to travel to Saint Barthelemy? You can determine the best time to travel to a destination based on the weather and climate. In addition, there are other factors that are not directly related to the weather and that can influence the best travel periods for a travel destination. Think, for example, of holidays or festive periods, which makes traveling more interesting or not, because daily life comes to a standstill as a result. The Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy is a wonderful beach destination that is mainly visited by the jet set. Officially, the Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy is an overseas community of France, with limited autonomy. From an economic point of view, St. Barts, as Saint Barthélemy is also called, relies mainly on tourism. Because only small planes can land at Aéroport Saint-Jean-Gustave III, the focus is on quality tourism. Read: on the tourists with a big budget. Anyone traveling to Saint-Barthélemy will encounter a tropical monsoon climate. That means that it is always warm and that you have to deal with a drier season and a rainy season; the monsoon.

Best months

The best time to travel for a holiday in Saint-Barthélemy is from December to April. This is the least hot and also the driest period. March and April are also the sunniest months of the year. Because this period is high season, you will see that reflected in the prices for the accommodations. Especially around Christmas it can be very expensive to stay overnight in Saint-Barthélemy. The months of May and June can be a good alternative. It is then slightly warmer, a bit wetter and therefore more stuffy, but there are more than enough moments with good weather.

Temperatures

The afternoon temperature on Saint-Barthélemy is almost continuously round tropical value of thirty degrees. At the beginning of the calendar year, the temperature is often slightly lower and from May the chance of temperatures just above 30 degrees increases. Increasing relative humidity can easily make it feel stuffy. The evenings are almost always sultry. Temperatures drop slowly after sunset, eventually reaching the lowest temperature just before sunrise. That is between 22 and 27 degrees.

Tropical Cyclones

Saint-Barthélemy is located in a region where severe tropical storms can occasionally occur. Sometimes the heaviest depressions can develop into a hurricane or tropical cyclone. There is a chance that the island will experience a hurricane, but it is not an annual phenomenon. The hurricane season runs from June through November. There is a higher chance of hurricane activity in the months of August, September and October.