Port of Spain weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago · beach resort · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Port of Spain is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with April and February close behind. Port of Spain averages about 2,546 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 52 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,546
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 1,720 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 49k
- Elevation
- 11 m
When is the best time to visit Port of Spain?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port of Spain is March, then April and February. The dullest month is June (66/100, 222 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port of Spain?
Port of Spain gets a lot of sun: around 2,546 hours a year. March (84/100) is noticeably better than June (66). It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Trinidad & Tobago. The year's 1,720 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 100 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 83 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 61 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 84 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 52 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 84 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 56 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 117 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 222 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 202 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 202 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 68 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 141 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| October | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 176 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 213 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 178 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Port of Spain by month
The sea off Port of Spain is warmest in September at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in January at 28°C / 82°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
- Saint George's Grenada · 164 km · best in Feb · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Kingstown St. Vincent & Grenadines · 286 km · best in Feb · 3,040 h sun/yr
- Isla Margarita Venezuela · 289 km · best in Feb · 2,632 h sun/yr
- Bridgetown Barbados · 341 km · best in Feb · 3,047 h sun/yr
- Vieux Fort St. Lucia · 351 km · best in Feb · 3,039 h sun/yr
- Fort-de-France Martinique · 446 km · best in Feb · 3,048 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Scarborough Trinidad & Tobago · 83 km · 2,940 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Carriacou Island Grenada · 210 km · 3,004 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Carúpano Venezuela · 210 km · 2,632 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Maturín Venezuela · 220 km · 2,433 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Union St. Vincent & Grenadines · 223 km · 3,004 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Port of Spain compares month by month: Port of Spain vs Isla Margarita · Port of Spain vs Boa Vista · Port of Spain vs Georgetown · Port of Spain vs Kingstown · all comparisons
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