Salt Cay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos Islands · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Salt Cay is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with March and April close behind. Salt Cay averages about 3,061 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 22 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,061
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 564 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Salt Cay?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salt Cay is February, then March and April. The dullest month is October (82/100, 82 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salt Cay?
Salt Cay is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,061 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 11 Sunshine Score points separate February from October. It ranks #4 of 5 destinations in Turks & Caicos Islands for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,061 hours. The year's 564 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 | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 25° / 77°F | 31 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| February | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 22 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| March | 92 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 27 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| April | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 28 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| May | 85 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 65 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 44 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 38 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 88 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 52 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 28° / 82°F | 74 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 82 | 28° / 82°F | 28° / 82°F | 82 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 85 | 27° / 81°F | 27° / 81°F | 65 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 26° / 79°F | 36 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
Sea temperature in Salt Cay by month
The sea off Salt Cay is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 26°C / 79°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
- Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands · 121 km · best in Feb · 3,149 h sun/yr
- Puerto Plata Dominican Republic · 187 km · best in Feb · 2,675 h sun/yr
- Cap Haitien Haiti · 207 km · best in Feb · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Port-au-Prince Haiti · 327 km · best in Feb · 3,150 h sun/yr
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic · 360 km · best in Feb · 2,867 h sun/yr
- Punta Cana Dominican Republic · 427 km · best in Feb · 2,882 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cockburn Town Turks & Caicos Islands · 14 km · 3,061 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- South Caicos Turks & Caicos Islands · 40 km · 3,061 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- North Caicos Turks & Caicos Islands · 101 km · 3,061 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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