canigo

Destination

Saint Kitts and Nevis

North America · Basseterre

3

When to go

Seasonal calendar — from climate data and curated definitions.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Warm / beach
Rainy season
Cyclone season
Air⌀ 27 °C
25
25
25
26
27
27
28
28
28
28
27
26
Sea⌀ 28 °C
27
27
27
28
28
29
29
30
30
30
29
28
Rainfall⌀ 72 mm
52
53
49
56
52
59
81
88
116
116
83
56
Wind⌀ 6 м/с
6
7
6
6
6
7
7
6
5
6
6
6
Daylight⌀ 12 h
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Tourism: 1.1M international tourists a year▲ +35% over 5 yearsvery high
Darker cells mark peak months.· Wind: avg. daily max — handy for kite & wind sports

Public holidays

National holidays — closures and days off.

  • Christmas Day

    December 25, 2026

    Fri · in 87d

  • St. Stephen's Day

    Boxing Day

    December 26, 2026

    Sat · in 88d

  • New Year's Day

    January 1, 2027

    Fri · in 94d

  • Carnival Day

    January 2, 2027

    Sat · in 95d

  • Buckley's Uprising Day

    January 28, 2027

    Thu · in 121d

  • Good Friday

    March 26, 2027

    Fri · in 178d

  • Easter Monday

    March 29, 2027

    Mon · in 181d

  • Labour Day

    May 3, 2027

    Mon · in 216d

UNESCO sites

1

UNESCO World Heritage sites in this country.

  • Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
    1999Cultural
    Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park©

    Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts, in the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. It was designed by British military engineers, and was built and maintained by enslaved Africans. It is one of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Americas.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Car rental & driving

Whether your licence is recognized, and which side traffic drives on — per the UN road-traffic conventions.

Set your passport to see whether your licence is accepted.

Trafficleft-hand

Health

Yellow fevercert. if from risk countries
Malariano risk
Vaccines (CDC)
Hepatitis AHepatitis B

Country page on CDC

Internet

Connectivity on the road: coverage, data price, access.

Onlinemoderate77%
Mobile datamoderate$1.5/GB
eSIM: Supported

Prices

Food
Healthy diet$10.9/day
Fuel
Gasoline$16.9/L

About the country

Capital
Basseterre
Continent
North America
Population
52,441
Area
261 km²
Currency
Dollar · XCD
Time zone
10:02UTC−4
Sockets
ABDG

230 V · 60 Hz

Emergency
911all services
Calling code
++1-869
Languages
English