Basse-Terre
Capital of Guadeloupe: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Monts Caraïbes depuis le Fort Louis Delgrès à Basse-Terre: Daniel Jolivet, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Basse-Terre is the capital of Guadeloupe, in Guadeloupe. About 11,472 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Guadeloupe in our atlas.
It lies at 16.00° N, 61.73° W, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Guadeloupe time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Basse-Terre. Green dots: other major cities of Guadeloupe. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Basse-Terre has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 25°C (77°F). Around 1,170 mm (46 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in GuadeloupeNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3579732 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q167024 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
