Cockburn Town
Capital of Turks and Caicos Islands: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
TC-grand-turk-cockburn-strand: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Cockburn Town is the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands. About 3,720 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Turks and Caicos Islands in our atlas.
It lies at 21.46° N, 71.14° W, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Grand_Turk time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cockburn Town. Green dots: other major cities of Turks and Caicos Islands. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cockburn Town has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Mar at about 24°C (76°F). Around 564 mm (22 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 Turks and Caicos IslandsNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3576994 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34205 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- TC-grand-turk-cockburn-strand: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)