Charlotte Amalie
Capital of United States Virgin Islands: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
View of St. Thomas: Sunil Pereira, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Charlotte Amalie is the capital of United States Virgin Islands, in Saint Thomas Island. About 20,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of United States Virgin Islands in our atlas.
It lies at 18.34° N, 64.93° W, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/St_Thomas time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Charlotte Amalie. Green dots: other major cities of United States Virgin Islands. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Charlotte Amalie has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 25°C (77°F). Around 1,003 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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 United States Virgin IslandsNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4795467 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q51681 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- View of St. Thomas: Sunil Pereira, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- USVI St. Thomas - Charlotte Amalie - Blackbeard Castle: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lionel Roberts Park: DJ Spiess, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
