Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
126km²
Area
50km
Coastline
10m
Highest point
29,145
People
30°C
Warmest sea
April
593km
To the mainland
When to go to Car Nicobar Island
Best for the beach from January to March.
The sea is warmest in April (30 °C) and coolest in January (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
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 of India
Car Nicobar Island is an island in India. It covers 126 km², with 50 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 10 m. About 29,145 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 593 km away.
Getting there
- Veer Savarkar International Airport / INS Utkrosh (IXZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 275 km in a straight lineCar hire at MAA airport (Chennai)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesNicobar Inter-Island Ferry Service
- 593 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From January to Marchbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Car Nicobar Island.
- 1lighthouses
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 26 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 89 %0–50 m
- 11 %50–200 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).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night low (°C) | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Sea (°C) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Rain (mm) | 82 | 28 | 52 | 94 | 255 | 238 | 220 | 200 | 258 | 205 | 207 | 163 |
| Wet days | 12 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 7.1 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 22 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
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 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | −0.5 | +0.5 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.5 | −0.1 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.9 | ±0.0 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +0.8 |
| 2025 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
More islands nearby.
Katchall Island
India145 km²227 m153 km away
Little AndamanIndia699 km²183 m178 km away
North Sentinel IslandIndia51 km²122 m271 km away
Great Nicobar IslandIndia910 km²642 m269 km away
South Andaman IslandIndia1,257 km²459 m291 km away
Swaraj DweepIndia92 km²167 m313 km away
Baratang IslandIndia241 km²76 m328 km away
Middle Andaman IslandIndia1,523 km²512 m371 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1035273) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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