Cat Hill weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇭 St. Helena · beach resort · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Cat Hill is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with February and September close behind. Cat Hill averages about 3,078 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,078

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

73 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Sea at warmest

29°C / 84°F

Population

5k

Elevation

72 m

When is the best time to visit Cat Hill?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Cat Hill is January, then February and September. The dullest month is March (95/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Cat Hill?

Cat Hill is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,078 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 2 Sunshine Score points separate January from March. It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in St. Helena. Rain is a non-event in Cat Hill — about 73 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

Sea temperature in Cat Hill by month

The sea off Cat Hill is warmest in March at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in September at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire · 1,874 km · best in Jan · 1,857 h sun/yr
• Conakry Guinea · 1,953 km · best in Jan · 2,463 h sun/yr
• Fernando de Noronha Brazil · 2,046 km · best in Oct · 3,166 h sun/yr
• Kumasi Ghana · 2,164 km · best in Jan · 1,964 h sun/yr
• Accra Ghana · 2,184 km · best in Jan · 2,134 h sun/yr
• Recife Brazil · 2,260 km · best in Nov · 3,161 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Monrovia Liberia · 1,641 km · 1,824 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Freetown (Lungi-Town) Sierra Leone · 1,849 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Sekondi-Takoradi Ghana · 2,001 km · 2,174 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bouaké Côte d’Ivoire · 2,029 km · 2,007 h sun/yr · best in Dec