Best time to visit Eleuthera

The Bahamas · The Caribbean

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Eleuthera

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Beach and sea all year

Go in Feb, May, Jun, Aug, Sep or Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 29C max, 5 rainy days. Oct is the next best.

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Month by month

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	24°	4d	72%	9.4h	good	24C max, 4 rainy days
Feb	24°	2d	74%	10.4h	sweet spot	24C max, 2 rainy days
Mar	24°	2d	72%	11.1h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Apr	25°	3d	75%	11.6h	goodbusy	busier than usual
May	26°	6d	79%	11.4h	sweet spot	26C max, 6 rainy days
Jun	28°	5d	80%	11.5h	sweet spot	28C max, 5 rainy days
Jul	29°	4d	77%	12.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Aug	29°	5d	76%	11.6h	sweet spot	29C max, 5 rainy days
Sep	29°	7d	76%	10.9h	sweet spot	29C max, 7 rainy days
Oct	28°	7d	75%	10.0h	good	28C max, 7 rainy days
Nov	27°	4d	74%	9.7h	sweet spot	27C max, 4 rainy days
Dec	25°	4d	73%	9.2h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Governor's Harbour, 13 km from the airport (GHB): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in March and July; quietest in September and November.

Then and now

Eleuthera's October days now average 28.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	23.0°	23.0°	23.1°	23.7°	25.1°	26.9°	27.7°	28.0°	27.8°	26.6°	25.3°	23.9°
2017–26	24.0°	24.0°	24.1°	24.9°	26.3°	28.0°	29.1°	29.5°	29.3°	28.2°	26.5°	25.1°
Change	+1.0°	+1.1°	+1.1°	+1.2°	+1.2°	+1.1°	+1.4°	+1.5°	+1.5°	+1.5°	+1.2°	+1.1°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Eleuthera is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Bahamian dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for The Bahamas: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — The Bahamian dollar is worth the same as the US dollar, and both are accepted on every island. Not every taxi takes cards, so ask first, and carry cash for jitney buses and the Out Islands.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — 15% is usual for waiters and taxi drivers, and $1 a bag for porters; many places already add the gratuity to the bill, so check it first.

Getting around Eleuthera

Apps — Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Nassau has no Uber or Lyft; take a licensed taxi (yellow plates marked TN), which charges set fares by zone, and confirm the fare before you set off.

Eleuthera has no public transport system. There are taxis and car rentals. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Eleuthera, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 911 or 919 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Eleuthera in pictures

Bahamas 1989 (332) Eleuthera (23668276244) — i

Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Club med beach governors harbour eleuthera bahamas — i

Dieter Schoop of www, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What Eleuthera is like

Eleuthera is an island in Bahamas. The long, thin island has wide rolling pink sand beaches and large outcrops of ancient coral reefs. The principal industry of the island is tourism. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The many beautiful beaches The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve Current Cut in North Eleuthera Preachers' Cave in North Eleuthera Glass Window Bridge in North-Eleuthera Queen's Bath south of Glass Window Bridge Surfer's… More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Enjoy (walk, swim, snorkel, get a tan, or whatever you like to do on beaches) the many great beaches. The water is usually rougher (bigger waves) on the Atlantic side of the island. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Eleuthera has 3 airports: North Eleuthera (ELH), Governors Harbour (GHB), and Rock Sound (RSD). All airports are small, open-air and convenient. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Eleuthera, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Eleuthera

Also in The Bahamas

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Kind of place

Eleuthera is in The Bahamas, The Caribbean. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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