Roseau
Capital of Dominica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
RoseauWide.: Ted Rufus Ross, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Roseau is the capital of Dominica, in Saint George Parish. About 16,571 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 15.30° N, 61.39° W, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Dominica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Roseau. Green dots: other major cities of Dominica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Roseau has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 25°C (76°F). Around 1,419 mm (56 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 DominicaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3575635 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q36281 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- RoseauWide.: Ted Rufus Ross, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Windsor Park Roseau Dominica: SDGibbons, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Anolis oculatus at Roseau-a01: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MercadodeSanJuandeDios: Christian Frausto Bernal from Tepic, Nayarit, MEXICO, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
