Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
339km²
Area
312km
Coastline
63m
Highest point
Mount Alvernia
1,570
People
29°C
Warmest sea
August
458km
To the mainland
When to go to Cat Island
Best for the beach from December to April.
The sea is warmest in August (29 °C) and coolest in February (25 °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 in the Bahamas
Cat Island is an island in Bahamas. It covers 339 km², with 312 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Alvernia, rises to 63 m. About 1,570 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 458 km away.
Getting there
- New Bight Airport (TBI)main airport (2 on the island with scheduled flights)
- 458 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From December to Aprilbest 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 Cat Island.
- 40beaches
- 1viewpoints
- 1marinasHawks Nest Marina
- 1named peaksMount Alvernia
- 1ruins and archaeological sitesThe Hermitage
- 4hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 2restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Cat Island, each with its own numbers.
2beaches and covesCoastya
1mountainPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas
Highest point
63m
prominence 63 m · according to Peakyas
Largest lake
6.6km²
Great Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
28.0°C
Great Lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
29.1°C
North Shore
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Great Lake6.6km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 10 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 m
- <1 %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.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Arthur’s Town1,175 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| Night low (°C) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
| Sea (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Rain (mm) | 31 | 25 | 25 | 43 | 92 | 102 | 81 | 93 | 110 | 93 | 58 | 30 |
| Wet days | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 6.8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
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 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | −0.2 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +1.0 |
| 2022 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.3 | +1.2 |
| 2023 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.9 |
| 2024 | +0.8 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.2 |
| 2025 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More islands nearby.
San Salvador Island
Bahamas155 km²12 m99 km away
Rum CayBahamas77 km²6 m90 km away
EleutheraBahamas416 km²61 m117 km away
Long IslandBahamas413 km²43 m123 km away
New ProvidenceBahamas213 km²6 m216 km away
Crooked IslandBahamas263 km²38 m214 km away
AcklinsBahamas457 km²6 m256 km away
MayaguanaBahamas284 km²7 m335 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1050154) · 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 |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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