LiberiaIsland

Bushrod Island

13.6 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.

When to go

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In numbers

13.6km²

Area

10m

Highest point

29°C

Warmest sea

May

When to go to Bushrod Island

Best for the beach from December to February.

The sea is warmest in May (29 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

28°31°23°

Jan3

27°31°24°

Feb5

28°31°24°

Mar10

28°31°25°

Apr15

29°30°25°

May20

28°29°24°

Jun22

27°28°23°

Jul24

27°27°23°

Aug27

27°28°23°

Sep25

28°28°24°

Oct23

28°29°24°

Nov12

29°30°23°

Dec5

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Liberia

Bushrod Island is an island in Liberia. It covers 13.6 km². Its highest point rises to 10 m.

Getting there

Spriggs Payne Airport (MLW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight line
From December to Februarybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 4 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	31	31	31	31	30	29	28	27	28	28	29	30
Night low (°C)	23	24	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	24	24	23
Sea (°C)	28	27	28	28	29	28	27	27	27	28	28	29
Rain (mm)	11	23	44	59	109	226	257	399	265	210	79	37
Wet days	3	5	10	15	20	22	24	27	25	23	12	5
Sun h/day	6.6	6.2	5.9	5.7	5.4	4.0	3.1	2.5	3.6	5.1	5.6	6.2
Wind (km/h)	8	9	9	9	10	12	14	14	12	10	8	8

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+1.3	+1.1	+1.5	+1.3	+0.8	+0.8	−0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	±0.0	+0.3
2021	+0.8	+1.2	−0.3	+0.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9	+0.8
2022	+1.3	+1.1	−0.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2
2023	+0.2	−0.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+0.8	+0.9	+0.6	+0.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.7
2024	+1.8	+1.8	+0.5	+1.0	+1.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8
2025	+1.2	+0.6	−0.3	±0.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	−0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Monkey Island

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q2093421) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons