Fort-de-France
Capital of Martinique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Fort-de-france-harbor: Scott S Bateman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Fort-de-France is the capital of Martinique, in Martinique. About 89,995 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Martinique in our atlas.
It lies at 14.60° N, 61.07° W, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Martinique time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Fort-de-France. Green dots: other major cities of Martinique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Fort-de-France has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 25°C (78°F). Around 1,477 mm (58 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 MartiniqueNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3570675 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q81621 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Fort-de-france-harbor: Scott S Bateman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade louis achille4: Max Cantinol, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Theatre-FdF: Jean-Louis Lascoux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
