Best time to visit Martinique

Martinique · The Caribbean

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

The year in Martinique

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Sweet spot
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Go in Apr–Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 31C max, 1 rainy day. Feb is the next best.

Dry all year: 6 or fewer rainy days in every month.

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Things to do in Martinique

Volcano Mont Pelée In 2023, Mt Pelee and the pitons…
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries Roman Catholic cathedral in Castries, Saint Lucia
Wrecks of Saint-Pierre harbor 1902 shipwrecks
Vigie Beach Beach in Saint Lucia
Fort-de-France Cathedral Cathedral located in Martinique, in France
Balata Garden Botanical garden in Martinique
Derek Walcott Square Public square and park in Castries, Saint Lucia

Tours and tickets in Martinique

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Martinique), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	28°	1d	72%	10.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Feb	29°	1d	69%	11.0h	good	29C max, 1 rainy day
Mar	29°	0d	69%	11.6h	good	29C max, 0 rainy days
Apr	30°	0d	69%	11.7h	sweet spot	30C max, 0 rainy days
May	31°	1d	70%	11.5h	sweet spot	31C max, 1 rainy day
Jun	31°	3d	73%	11.2h	sweet spot	31C max, 3 rainy days
Jul	30°	3d	75%	11.4h	sweet spot	30C max, 3 rainy days
Aug	31°	4d	76%	11.3h	sweet spot	31C max, 4 rainy days
Sep	31°	4d	77%	11.1h	sweet spot	31C max, 4 rainy days
Oct	30°	5d	78%	10.6h	sweet spot	30C max, 5 rainy days
Nov	29°	4d	77%	10.5h	good	29C max, 4 rainy days
Dec	29°	1d	73%	10.6h	goodbusy	busier than usual

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

Weather read at Les Trois-Îlets, 7 km from the airport (FDF): 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 December and January; quietest in April, May and October.

Then and now

Martinique's May days now average 30.7°C, 3.2°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	25.8°	25.9°	26.3°	26.9°	27.5°	27.7°	27.6°	27.8°	27.9°	27.6°	27.0°	26.3°
2017–26	28.4°	28.7°	29.3°	30.0°	30.7°	30.6°	30.4°	30.7°	31.0°	30.1°	29.4°	28.9°
Change	+2.6°	+2.8°	+3.0°	+3.1°	+3.2°	+2.9°	+2.8°	+2.9°	+3.0°	+2.6°	+2.5°	+2.6°

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 Martinique is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Currency	Euro
Plugs	Type C and E, 220 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+596
Travel advice	No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2025-12-10
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Carry some euros: cash still pays for almost half of everyday purchases (48% in 2024), and for most of those under €10 and at small shops, markets and street vendors. Cards pay for most purchases over €30, and in supermarkets and petrol stations.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.

Getting around Martinique

Blue Lines ferries cross the bay to Pointe Simon in Fort-de-France from Pointe du Bout (the most sailings, daily), Anse à l'Âne and Trois-Îlets village, but not Anse Mitan for now: €5 one way, €7 return. Buy in the MT Ticket app or at a ticket machine (a reloadable ticket costs €2 more the first time), validate on board, and board dressed, dry and in shoes: swimsuits are refused. From the airport, TCSP rapid bus line A runs to Pointe Simon (buy its ticket at the station machine), and metered taxis wait at door D in arrivals.

Apps — Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps.

Public transport in Martinique is very limited, which could explain the reason why there are more cars registered in Martinique per person than anywhere else in France. More on Wikivoyage

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

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
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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Martinique in pictures

Terminus TCSP FDF Almadies Bô Kannal (Martinique) — i

Florian Fèvre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Abribus TCSP FDF Almadies Bô Kannal (Martinique) — i

Florian Fèvre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Château Aubéry, Martinique, Morne Pitault, 20ème siècle, classé monument historique — i

MouvementFlou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Plage du Carbet, Martinique (janvier 1982) — i

Guerinf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Martinique Château Aubéry, Morne Pitault, 20ème siècle, classé monument historique — i

MouvementFlou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Martinique is like

Martinique is a Caribbean island that is an overseas department of France in the Caribbean Sea, north of Saint Lucia and south of Dominica. The island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, killing 30,000 inhabitants. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Maison de la Canne near Trois-Ilets presents the history of sugar cane production on Martinique and its associate use of slave labour. La Savane des Esclaves near Trois-Ilets is an open-air museum about slavery. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Gorges de la Falaise, near Ajoupa-Bouillon. On a length of about 200 metres the river Falaise flows through a canyon (some ten metres deep and 1-3 metres wide). More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Being an integrated part of the France, Martininque is part of the European Union, so citizens of all EU member states, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland may visit with only a valid ID card… More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Martinique, 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 Martinique

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Kind of place

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

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