Climate and average weather in Freeport

In Freeport, the summers are oppressive, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are warm, breezy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early January to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Freeport typically varies from 21°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 17°C or above 29°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Freeport for warm-weather activities are from early January to late May and mid October to late December.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
21°
Wettest
Sep
168 mm
Driest
Dec
53 mm
Rain / yr
1118 mm
143 wet days
Daylight
10.3–13.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
6 m
26.5°N
Clearest
Apr
46% cloud

Freeport weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Freeport, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Freeport stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 27°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 21°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2321
Feb2321
Mar2321
Apr2423
May2624
Jun2826
Jul2827
Aug2927
Sep2826
Oct2725
Nov2523
Dec2322

How hot and cold Freeport really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Freeport feels like about 34°C (around August 11). About 72 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22232121
Feb23232121
Mar23232121
Apr24242323
May26262424
Jun30282626
Jul33282727
Aug34292727
Sep32282626
Oct28272525
Nov25252323
Dec23232222

Average hourly temperature in Freeport

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 21°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Freeport weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 21°729.210.56.9
Feb23° / 21°597.411.17.3
Mar23° / 21°637.211.87.4
Apr24° / 23°658.112.67.5
May26° / 24°9110.313.36.9
Jun28° / 26°13116.413.65.4
Jul28° / 27°9215.913.55.0
Aug29° / 27°13818.312.94.7
Sep28° / 26°16818.712.24.8
Oct27° / 25°12013.511.46.1
Nov25° / 23°659.510.77.1
Dec23° / 22°538.710.47.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Freeport gets about 1118 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around May 22 to Oct 20, peaking in September at about 66% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 7.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 168 mm over about 19 wet days; December is the driest, with 53 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 2 · 66%Mar 7 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan299
Feb257
Mar247
Apr268
May3510
Jun5416
Jul5216
Aug5818
Sep6219
Oct4414
Nov3210
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Freeport collects about 1118 mm of rain across 143 wet days — roughly 93 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 168 mm, while December is the driest at just 53 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec7259636591131921381681206553
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan729
Feb597
Mar637
Apr658
May9110
Jun13116
Jul9216
Aug13818
Sep16819
Oct12014
Nov6510
Dec539

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Freeport, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around February 3 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around May 26. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 68% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 27 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around October 11. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 6 · 70%Sep 2 · 40%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5347
Feb6139
Mar6436
Apr6832
May6436
Jun4654
Jul4951
Aug4852
Sep4456
Oct5743
Nov6238
Dec5743

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 13 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 10 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.57:095:39
Feb11.16:576:01
Mar11.86:306:19
Apr12.65:566:34
May13.35:326:50
Jun13.65:257:05
Jul13.55:357:06
Aug12.95:516:47
Sep12.26:046:14
Oct11.46:195:41
Nov10.76:405:20
Dec10.47:015:21

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Freeport averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Feb 8 to May 27. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 15 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is September, down near 9 sunny days — about 36% fewer than the May peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightMay 717 daysSep 28 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr15Mixed
May15Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct13Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Freeport, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around April 27 to November 12. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 13 to April 26, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 43% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 20 · 46%Jun 1 · 0%miserablehumidoppressivemuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan2419222960
Feb2218203360
Mar1818243090
Apr6152336200
May141133482
Jun00057024
Jul00005149
Aug00003565
Sep00045937
Oct0410215311
Nov4142432251
Dec14172134140

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Freeport is typically breezy, near 21 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Oct 10 to May 1. The windiest month is January, averaging about 24 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 2 to Oct 9, with August the calmest month at about 17 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyJan 16 · 24 km/hAug 10 · 16 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan24breezy
Feb23breezy
Mar23breezy
Apr22breezy
May20light breeze
Jun17light breeze
Jul17light breeze
Aug17light breeze
Sep18light breeze
Oct21breezy
Nov24breezy
Dec23breezy

Hazard calendar for Freeport

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Freeport sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Freeport

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Freeport throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid January, Freeport is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Freeport for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid October to late May, with a peak score in the first week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 3 · 7.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.0good
Feb7.3good
Mar7.4good
Apr7.5ideal
May6.8good
Jun5.4fair
Jul5.0fair
Aug4.7fair
Sep4.8fair
Oct6.1good
Nov7.0good
Dec7.2good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Freeport for hot-weather activities run from mid February to late August and again from mid September to late December, with a peak score in the second week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 8 · 6.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Freeport, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 23°C), pack light clothes, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Freeport sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Freeport

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar24Refreshing
Apr25Warm
May27Warm
Jun28Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index (midday) in Freeport by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Freeport peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 12Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Freeport

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan50
Feb63
Mar74.5
Apr7.55
May85.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55
Oct6.54
Nov5.50
Dec4.50

Air quality in Freeport by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Freeport is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.6× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1818 µg/m³Dec 174 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov5Good
Dec4Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Freeport is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Freeport banks about 5,354 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan358
Feb327
Mar378
Apr404
May467
Jun501
Jul545
Aug550
Sep517
Oct496
Nov421
Dec390

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Freeport receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.2 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 11 to Sep 21. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.3 kWh/m² — roughly 50% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 86.7 kWhDec 193.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.4Moderate
Feb4.3Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May6.6Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug6.1Intense
Sep5.3Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov3.7Moderate
Dec3.3Moderate

Where is Freeport?

Freeport sits at 26.5°N, 78.7°W, 6 m above sea level, in Bahamas. The nearest listed city is Lucaya, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Freeport

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Freeport.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Freeport has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m.

The land around Freeport is covered by trees (38%), grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, water (75%) within 16 km, and water (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
10 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
17 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
Nearby: Lucaya 3.0 km · Boynton Beach 136 km · West Palm Beach 136 km · Lake Worth Beach 137 km · Delray Beach 137 km · Riviera Beach 138 km · Boca Raton 139 km · Palm Springs 139 km

Bahamas travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 96% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$39,455
2024
Homicide rate
32.2
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 70%other Christian 13%Roman Catholic 12%none 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Freeport (26.5333°, -78.7°, elevation 6 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).