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Eleuthera

416 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Eleuthera seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Freetown
N 10 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

416km²

Area

521km

Coastline

61m

Highest point

7,826

People

29°C

Warmest sea

August

337km

To the mainland

When to go to Eleuthera

Best for the beach from December to April.

The sea is warmest in August (29 °C) and coolest in February (24 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

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 the Bahamas

Eleuthera is an island in Bahamas. It covers 416 km², with 521 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 61 m. About 7,826 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 337 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Governor's Harbour Airport (GHB)main airport (3 on the island with scheduled flights)
  • FerriesNassau, New Providence - Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Harbour Island, Eleuthera - Three Island Dock, Eleuthera, Spanish Wells, Eleuthera - Three Island Dock, Eleuthera, Nassau, New Providence - Rock Sound, Eleuthera
  • 337 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 Eleuthera.

  • 24beachesSouth Family Beach, Rainbow Beach, Ten Bay Beach and 21 more
  • 3viewpointsPowell Point
  • 2lighthousesSandy Point Lighthouse
  • 4ferry terminalsRock Sound, Three Island Dock, Governor's Harbour and 1 more
  • 2marinas
  • 15hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 28restaurants, 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

Eleuthera in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Eleuthera, each with its own numbers.

  • 3beaches and covesCoastya
  • 1mountainPeakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    29.4°C

    Kemps Bay

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

3 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Cotton Bay Beach29.2°C
  2. White Road Beach29.3°C
  3. Kemps Baycove29.4°C

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1 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Sawyer Bluff

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 8 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).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Eleuthera416 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Malta247 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Freetown3,137 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)242424252628292929282625
Night low (°C)222223242527282828272524
Sea (°C)242424252628292929282725
Rain (mm)353237581171461171361531106837
Wet days656610161516161486
Sun h/day6.67.78.59.28.78.59.18.77.56.96.96.5
Wind (km/h)222122212018181818212323

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.2+0.5+0.1+1.1+0.6+0.1+0.7+0.3+0.4+0.7+0.6+0.3
2021+0.5+0.7+0.7+0.5+0.4−0.1−0.1+0.2+0.8+0.5+1.0+1.0
2022+1.2+0.8+0.9+0.4+0.4+0.1+0.1+0.2+0.8+0.7+1.5+1.3
2023+1.2+1.1+1.1+0.9+0.7+0.3+1.4+1.1+0.7+0.9+0.8+1.1
2024+0.8+0.3+0.2−0.4+0.6+0.8+1.0+0.5+0.7+1.1+0.6+0.5
2025+0.2+0.4+0.4±0.0+0.4+0.4+0.2+0.7+0.6+0.3+0.7+0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Beach scene at Current, Eleuthera (8222670396)
Trish Hartmann from Tampa, Florida, USA · CC BY 2.0
Eleuthera Sunset explored (8198051514)
Trish Hartmann from Tampa, Florida, USA · CC BY 2.0
Leon Levy Nature Preserve What Lives Here Eleuthera 2013
Steve-and-Jana · CC BY-SA 3.0
North Eleuthera's Airport - panoramio
Oscar Flowers · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

New ProvidenceBahamasBahamas213 km²6 m128 km awayCat IslandBahamasBahamas339 km²63 m117 km awaySan Salvador IslandBahamasBahamas155 km²12 m207 km awayRum CayBahamasBahamas77 km²6 m207 km awayLong IslandBahamasBahamas413 km²43 m235 km awayGrand BahamaBahamasBahamas876 km²5 m275 km awayCrooked IslandBahamasBahamas263 km²38 m331 km awayAcklinsBahamasBahamas457 km²6 m373 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1141700) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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