Coldest sea in Central America and the Caribbean

711 coastal locations in Central America and the Caribbean ranked by year-round average sea temperature, coldest first. The regional average is 28.1°C. The top of the list is where the water stays cold all year. The contrast list at the bottom shows the warmest coasts for context.

Coldest location

Salisbury

Year-round average 13.1°C in Dominica

Regional average

28.1°C

across all 711 Central America and the Caribbean coastal locations

Coldest month

February

26.6°C region-wide average

Central America and the Caribbean monthly average 26.6°C to 29.6°C

Warmest month September 29.6°C
Coldest month February 26.6°C
Annual mean 28.1°C
Months above 20°C 12 of 12

Month by month across Central America and the Caribbean

Sea temperatures in Central America and the Caribbean swing from 26.6°C in February to 29.6°C in September on average across every coast we track. That spread of 3°C hides much bigger swings at individual locations.

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Central America and the Caribbean sea temperature map

Today's pin colours show the latest daily reading at every Central America and the Caribbean location we track. Cool blues cluster around the high-latitude coasts.

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Top 50 coldest locations in Central America and the Caribbean

Coastal locations across Central America and the Caribbean sorted by year-round average, coldest first. Honest cold-water swimming country. Click any place for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

#	Location	Country	Annual mean	Latest
1	Salisbury	Dominica	13.1°C	12.8°C
2	Great Sound Sandys Parish	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.8°C
3	Bermuda Esso Pier St. George's Parish	Bermuda	23.6°C	22.0°C
4	Saint David's Island St. George's Parish	Bermuda	23.6°C	22.0°C
5	St. George's Island St. George's Parish	Bermuda	23.6°C	22.0°C
6	Elbow Beach	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
7	Flatts Village	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
8	Hamilton	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
9	Harrington Sound	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
10	Hog Bay	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
11	Horseshoe Bay	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
12	Saint George	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
13	Shelly Bay Beach	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
14	Somerset Village	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
15	Southampton Parish	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.4°C
16	Tucker's Town	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
17	Turtle Bay	Bermuda	23.6°C	21.6°C
18	Logne	Haiti	25.8°C	28.7°C
19	Freeport	Bahamas	26.3°C	28.7°C
20	Grand Bahama	Bahamas	26.3°C	28.7°C
21	High Rock	Bahamas	26.3°C	28.6°C
22	Hard Bargain	Bahamas	26.6°C	28.5°C
23	Treasure Cay	Bahamas	26.6°C	27.6°C
24	Cooper’s Town North Abaco	Bahamas	26.6°C	-1.8°C
25	West End	Bahamas	26.6°C	28.6°C

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26	Abaco Islands	Bahamas	26.6°C	27.6°C
27	Coopers Town	Bahamas	26.6°C	27.2°C
28	Green Turtle Cay	Bahamas	26.6°C	26.8°C
29	Great Guana Cay	Bahamas	26.6°C	27.1°C
30	Marsh Harbour	Bahamas	26.6°C	27.1°C
31	Elbow Cay	Bahamas	26.7°C	26.8°C
32	Hope Town	Bahamas	26.7°C	26.8°C
33	Castaway Cay	Bahamas	26.8°C	28.5°C
34	Dunmore Town	Bahamas	26.9°C	26.8°C
35	Harbour Island	Bahamas	26.9°C	26.8°C
36	Spanish Wells	Bahamas	26.9°C	26.9°C
37	Settlement Point Grand Bahama Island	Bahamas	27.1°C	28.3°C
38	Eleuthera	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.7°C
39	Andros Island	Bahamas	27.1°C	29.6°C
40	Andros Town	Bahamas	27.1°C	29.6°C
41	Half Moon Cay	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.5°C
42	Little San Salvador	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.5°C
43	Rose Island	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.8°C
44	Atlantis Marina	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
45	Blue Lagoon Island	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
46	Cable Beach	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
47	Nassau	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
48	New Providence	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
49	Paradise Island	Bahamas	27.1°C	27.6°C
50	Princess Cays	Bahamas	27.2°C	27.8°C

Coldest countries in Central America and the Caribbean

Country-level averages across every coastal location in each country (minimum 5 locations to be listed), coldest first.

#	Country	Annual mean	Locations
1	Bermuda	23.6°C	16
2	Dominica	27.1°C	14
3	Bahamas	27.1°C	55
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	27.7°C	5
5	Saint Martin	27.9°C	8
6	Anguilla	28.0°C	10
7	British Virgin Islands	28.0°C	7
8	Sint Maarten	28.0°C	5
9	Aruba	28.0°C	7
10	Dominican republic	28.1°C	56
11	Guadeloupe	28.1°C	30
12	Cuba	28.1°C	51
13	United States Virgin Islands	28.1°C	22
14	Martinique	28.2°C	12
15	Barbados	28.3°C	6
16	Puerto Rico	28.3°C	73
17	Saint Lucia	28.3°C	7
18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	28.3°C	14
19	Grenada	28.4°C	9
20	Trinidad and Tobago	28.4°C	21

Warmest 10 in Central America and the Caribbean for contrast

Same data flipped. Useful if you want to know which Central America and the Caribbean coasts stay warmest year-round before you commit to a cold-water swim trip.

#	Location	Country	Annual mean
1	Champerico	Guatemala	29.8°C
2	Puerto Quetzal-B Escuintla	Guatemala	29.7°C
3	San Jose Escuintla	Guatemala	29.7°C
4	Puerto Quetzal	Guatemala	29.6°C
5	Puerto San Jose	Guatemala	29.6°C
6	Acajutla-C Sonsonate	El Salvador	29.6°C
7	Acajutla	El Salvador	29.6°C
8	La Union-B La Unión	El Salvador	29.5°C
9	Amapala	Honduras	29.5°C
10	Delmas 73 Ouest Department	Haiti	29.5°C