Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
76.9km²
Area
63km
Coastline
6m
Highest point
53
People
29°C
Warmest sea
August
575km
To the mainland
When to go to Rum Cay
Best for the beach from December to April.
The sea is warmest in August (29 °C) and coolest in March (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
Rum Cay is an island in Bahamas. It covers 76.9 km², with 63 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 6 m. About 53 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 575 km away.
Getting there
- Stella Maris Airport (SML)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight line
- 575 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 Rum Cay.
- 8beaches
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Rum Cay, each with its own numbers.
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
2.3km²
Lake George
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
29.1°C
Lake George
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Lake George2.3km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 6 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.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Port Nelson91 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Night low (°C) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Sea (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Rain (mm) | 25 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 65 | 62 | 53 | 59 | 72 | 83 | 54 | 30 |
| Wet days | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Sun h/day | 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
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 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.4 | −0.2 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.5 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.3 | −0.2 |
| 2025 | −0.4 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More islands nearby.
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Bahamas155 km²12 m55 km away
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Crooked IslandBahamas263 km²38 m124 km away
AcklinsBahamas457 km²6 m166 km away
EleutheraBahamas416 km²61 m207 km away
MayaguanaBahamas284 km²7 m247 km away
New ProvidenceBahamas213 km²6 m298 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1859950) · 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 | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
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