Le Lamentin weather in August

In August, Le Lamentin sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 133 mm of rain across 22.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Le Lamentin's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Le Lamentin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
133 mm
22.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:53 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
50%
8th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Le Lamentin is French commune and city in Martinique.

Density
651/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Le Lamentin reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Le Lamentin weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 24°4114.511.26.6
Feb25° / 24°2510.111.57.1
Mar26° / 24°269.711.97.3
Apr26° / 25°3811.212.36.7
May27° / 25°5814.112.76.1
Jun27° / 26°8316.612.85.4
Jul27° / 26°11321.112.85.1
Aug28° / 26°13322.112.54.9
Sep28° / 26°13819.312.15.0
Oct28° / 26°14821.511.74.8
Nov27° / 26°12719.511.35.2
Dec26° / 25°5414.911.26.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Le Lamentin gets around 133 mm of rain over 22.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 23 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:506:30
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Le Lamentin

In seasonPeak

In August, Le Lamentin sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Le Lamentin's rainy season runs June–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Le Lamentin sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

Atlantic hurricane
Rainy season
Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Le Lamentin?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Le Lamentin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Le Lamentin in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Le Lamentin sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Le Lamentin in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Le Lamentin in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Le Lamentin peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 22UV 14Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Le Lamentin in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Le Lamentin is worst in June — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr16Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Le Lamentin?

Le Lamentin sits at 14.6°N, 61.0°W, 10 m above sea level, in Martinique. The nearest listed city is Ducos, 5.0 km away.

DucosSaint-JosephFort-de-FranceLe RobertLe FrançoisLa TrinitéSainte-Marie

Topography around Le Lamentin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Le Lamentin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,198 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,370 m.

The land around Le Lamentin is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and water (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
1,198 m
80 km
1,370 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Ducos 5.0 km · Saint-Joseph 8.0 km · Fort-de-France 8.0 km · Le Robert 9.0 km · Le François 10 km · La Trinité 14 km · Sainte-Marie 19 km · Gros Islet 61 km

Martinique travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz

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 Le Lamentin (14.6134°, -60.9996°, elevation 10 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).