It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on October and a markedly drier stretch around April. In April, expect highs around 30°C with rain on roughly 8 days of the month.
Things to Do
Beaches on both coasts pair with the Crop Over festival, the island's biggest cultural celebration, building toward July and August.
Local Cuisine
Try cou-cou and flying fish, Barbados's national dish.
Month-by-month weather
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
JanuaryAvoid
Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall104 mm
Rainy days13
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Daylight11h 18m
FebruaryGreat
Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise6:13 AM
Sunset5:47 PM
Daylight11h 35m
MarchGreat
Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall72 mm
Rainy days9
Sunrise6:03 AM
Sunset5:57 PM
Daylight11h 55m
AprilBest
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall64 mm
Rainy days8
Sunrise5:51 AM
Sunset6:09 PM
Daylight12h 18m
MayGreat
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall80 mm
Rainy days10
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset6:18 PM
Daylight12h 37m
JuneAvoid
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:37 AM
Sunset6:23 PM
Daylight12h 46m
JulyAvoid
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall144 mm
Rainy days18
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:21 PM
Daylight12h 42m
AugustAvoid
Expect hot days around 31°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~19 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low31° / 24°C
Rainfall152 mm
Rainy days19
Sunrise5:47 AM
Sunset6:13 PM
Daylight12h 26m
SeptemberAvoid
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~20 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall160 mm
Rainy days20
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:02 PM
Daylight12h 4m
OctoberAvoid
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~21 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall168 mm
Rainy days21
Sunrise6:09 AM
Sunset5:51 PM
Daylight11h 42m
NovemberAvoid
Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall144 mm
Rainy days18
Sunrise6:19 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Daylight11h 23m
DecemberAvoid
Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests