Saint Kitts and Nevis in October

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October at Saint Kitts and Nevis is 29°C by day and 26°C at night, with 7 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 29C max, 7 rainy days.

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The numbers

Daily high	29°C
Nightly low	26°C
Feels like, afternoon	34°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more	7 · 117 mm
Humidity	78%
Sunshine	10.6 h/day
Daylight	11.7 h/day
Beach and sea	24 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm good
Crowds	100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Basseterre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

October: quieter than usual. Busiest in January and August; quietest in April and May.

Saint Kitts and Nevis in pictures

Saint Kitts at Dawn — i

Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Kitts Brimstone Hill Fortress 04 — i

Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Approaching St Kitts and Nevis southern tip of St. Kitts panoramio — i

David Broad, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What to pack

Summer clothes by day, highs around 29°C.
A packable rain jacket for the 7 or so rainy days.
Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Cost of living	moderate — prices run about 69% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Eastern caribbean dollar
Languages	English
Plugs	Type A and B and G, 230 V
Driving	On the left
Calling code	+1869
Travel advice	No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-01-05
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

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