Vieux Fort weather in January

In January, Vieux Fort sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 33 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Vieux Fort's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vieux Fort's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
33 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:35 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
36%
1st clearest
Wind
24 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Vieux Fort is town in Saint Lucia.

Founded
1750

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vieux Fort reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Vieux Fort

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Vieux Fort weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 24°3311.811.36.6
Feb27° / 24°218.211.57.0
Mar27° / 24°26911.96.8
Apr28° / 25°3610.312.36.2
May29° / 26°4311.612.65.5
Jun29° / 26°7215.312.84.8
Jul29° / 26°9820.312.74.5
Aug29° / 26°11921.712.54.2
Sep29° / 26°11719.412.14.2
Oct29° / 26°13621.211.74.2
Nov28° / 25°10718.811.44.8
Dec28° / 25°431311.26.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Vieux Fort gets around 33 mm of rain over 11.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 43% 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 January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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214059
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414356
514455
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Wind in January

Winds average 24 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:315:43
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Vieux Fort

In seasonPeak

None of Vieux Fort's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Vieux Fort sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in June.

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

Is January a good time to visit Vieux Fort?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Vieux Fort for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Vieux Fort in January

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

In January, Vieux Fort sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Vieux Fort in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — 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 Vieux Fort in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vieux Fort peaks around March 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 20UV 14Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Vieux Fort in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Vieux Fort is worst in June — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1831 µg/m³Jan 112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Vieux Fort?

Vieux Fort sits at 13.7°N, 61.0°W, 0 m above sea level, in Saint Lucia. The nearest listed city is Soufriere, 19 km away.

SoufriereCastriesGros Islet

Topography around Vieux Fort

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vieux Fort has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,190 m.

The land around Vieux Fort is covered by water (74%) within 3 km, water (75%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
205 m
16 km
648 m
80 km
1,190 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Soufriere 19 km · Castries 32 km · Gros Islet 39 km · Kingstown 69 km · Calliaqua 70 km · Ducos 96 km · Fort-de-France 100 km · Le Lamentin 100 km

Saint Lucia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,746
2025
Homicide rate
39
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
29.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 62%Protestant 26%none 6%other Christian 3%

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 Vieux Fort (13.7167°, -60.95°, elevation 0 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).