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Montserrat

102 km² rising to 1,042 m out of the Caribbean Sea.

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Montserrat seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
BradesSaint PetersPlymouth
N 1 km

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

In numbers

102km²

Area

42km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

1,042m

Highest point

Soufrière Hills

5,440

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

656km

To the mainland

When to go to Montserrat

Best for the beach from December to April.

The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (26 °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.

British overseas territory and island in the Caribbean

Montserrat is an island in United Kingdom. It belongs to Caribbean. It covers 102 km², with 42 km of coastline. Its highest point, Soufrière Hills, rises to 1,042 m. About 5,440 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 656 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Montserrat.

  • 8beachesLittle Bay Beach, Rendezvous Bay Beach, Woodlands Beach and 5 more
  • 9viewpointsSouffre Hills Volcano Viewpoint, Old Airport Viewpoint, Lawyer's Mountain and 6 more
  • 3ferry terminalsMontserrat Ferry Terminal
  • 1named peaksChances Peak
  • 1volcanoesSoufrière Hills
  • 1waterfalls
  • 10ruins and archaeological sitesPlymouth, Blackburne Airfield and 8 more
  • 1dive centresScuba Montserrat Dive Shop
  • 4hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 35restaurants, 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

Montserrat in our other atlases

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

  • 7mountainsPeakyas
  • 1waterfallCascadyas

7 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Soufrière Hillsprominence 1,050 m1,050m
  2. Chances Peakprominence 915 m915m
  3. Centre Hills
  4. Katy Hill
  5. Castle Peak
  6. Fergus Mountain
  7. Lawyers Mountain

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1 waterfalls

on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas

  1. Great Alp Falls

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 236 m above the sea. 50 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 15 %0–50 m
  • 35 %50–200 m
  • 40 %200–500 m
  • 10 %500–1,000 m
  • <1 %1,000–2,000 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.

Montserrat102 km²
Malta247 km²
Santorini76 km²

10 km

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

Towns on the island

  • Brades1,000 people
  • Saint Petersno census figure
  • Plymouthno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)262626272828292929292827
Night low (°C)262525262727282828282726
Sea (°C)272626272828282929292828
Rain (mm)3725324683769711212215711362
Wet days1199111516182021201714
Sun h/day8.38.89.39.48.78.88.78.98.37.77.77.8
Wind (km/h)262623232425272419202225

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+0.7+0.7+0.7+0.8+0.4+0.6+0.8+0.3+0.7+0.2+0.1+0.1
2021+0.3+0.3+0.2+0.1±0.0−0.2±0.0+0.2+0.5+0.3+0.2+0.3
2022+0.1+0.3+0.2−0.1+0.2±0.0+0.1+0.1+0.2−0.1−0.2±0.0
2023+0.1−0.1+0.2±0.0+0.5+0.8+0.9+1.0+1.3+1.0+0.6+0.6
2024+0.7+0.9+1.3+1.3+1.6+1.7+1.3+1.2+1.2+1.4+1.4+1.3
2025+0.9+1.0+1.1+0.5+0.5+0.1+0.4+0.6+0.7+0.5+0.3+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

From Garibaldi Hill (5809292121) (2)
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0
Little Bay, Montserrat
David Stanley · CC BY 2.0
Montserrat Island Sunset (4568325551)
Aah-Yeah · CC BY 2.0
Montserrat Cultural Center (5809290561)
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

RedondaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda0.60 km²269 m26 km awayAntiguaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda272 km²402 m57 km awayNevisSaint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis94 km²985 m60 km awaySaint KittsSaint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis169 km²1,156 m86 km awayBasse-Terre IslandFranceFrance850 km²1,467 m88 km awayBarbudaAntigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda161 km²122 m107 km awayGrande-TerreFranceFrance595 km²130 m95 km awayDominicaDominicaDominica787 km²1,447 m175 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q13353) · CC0
OutlineNatural Earth · public domain
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 waterfallsPeakyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · 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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