Guadeloupe in August

Fête des Cuisinières in Pointe-à-Pitre (check date); storm risk rising.

August is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• DecemberGreatChanté Nwel and Christmas peak.
• JanuaryGreatDry; Carnival Sundays begin in towns.
• FebruaryGreatCarnival climax and Vaval burned on Ash Wednesday (10 Feb 2027 — check).
• MarchGreatDry and sunny; Mi-Carême parade mid-Lent.

• Grande-Terre and the outer islands · Le Gosier, Sainte-Anne, Saint-François, Marie-Galante, Les Saintesstorm or typhoon risk

  Flat limestone islands: sunnier and drier, with a dry season (carême) January–May. Sargassum hits south- and east-facing beaches mainly March–September.

• Basse-Terre highlands and west coast · La Soufrière, national park, Deshaies, Bouillantestorm or typhoon risk

  The mountains catch heavy rain all year; La Soufrière's summit is often in cloud. The Caribbean coast (Côte sous le vent) is calmer and drier.

• Pointe-à-Pitre32 °C (90 °F) / 25 °C (77 °F), 17 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 77 °F (25 °C), 17 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Fête des Cuisinières

  August (check)

  Cooks' parade in Creole dress and a feast in Pointe-à-Pitre.

• Assumption

  15 Aug

  Public holiday.

• Hurricane season

  1 June–30 November · Pointe-à-Pitre

  Tropical-storm alerts; ferries, flights and hotels can cancel.

• Tour de la Guadeloupe (cycling)

  Late July–early Aug (check) · Pointe-à-Pitre

  Road closures across the island on stage days.

Crowds · Guadeloupe

Medium

Prices · Guadeloupe

Medium

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Guadeloupe, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
• A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries

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• Grande-Terre and the outer islands

  Flat limestone islands: sunnier and drier, with a dry season (carême) January–May. Sargassum hits south- and east-facing beaches mainly March–September.

• Basse-Terre highlands and west coast

  The mountains catch heavy rain all year; La Soufrière's summit is often in cloud. The Caribbean coast (Côte sous le vent) is calmer and drier.

• Pointe-à-Pitre

  Peak hurricane risk and heat.