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Saint Pierre Island

25.8 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.

Saint-Pierre

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

In numbers

25.8km²

Area

44km

Coastline

207m

Highest point

5,430

People

16°C

Warmest sea

August

394km

To the mainland

When to go to Saint Pierre Island

Good all year round.

The sea is warmest in August (16 °C) and coolest in March (1 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.

2°1°-3°

Jan17

1°0°-4°

Feb15

1°1°-2°

Mar14

2°3°0°

Apr14

4°6°4°

May13

8°10°8°

Jun13

12°15°13°

Jul15

16°18°16°

Aug14

14°15°13°

Sep12

10°11°9°

Oct15

7°7°4°

Nov16

4°3°0°

Dec17

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days

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 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Pierre Island is an island in France. It covers 25.8 km², with 44 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 207 m. About 5,430 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 394 km away.

Getting there

Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport (FSP)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at YQX airport (Gander)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesSaint-Pierre - Fortune, Saint-Pierre - Miquelon, Saint-Pierre - Île aux Marins
394 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Saint Pierre Island.

13beachesBouée de la zone de baignade plage and 12 more
5viewpointsBelvédère, Fort Lorraine and 3 more
3lighthousesphare de la Pointe aux Canons, Phare de Galantry
1marinasAnse à Rodrigue
2named peaksLe Trépied, La Verrue
1waymarked walking routesAnse à Henry
7hotels, guesthouses and apartments
17restaurants, 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

Saint Pierre Island in our other atlases

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

12beaches and covesCoastya
1lakeLakeyas

Largest lake
0.45km²
Étang de Savoyard
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
18.3°C
Étang de Savoyard
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
15.6°C
Petit Havre
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

12 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Petit Havrecove15.6°C
Anse à Marc Cadetcove15.6°C
Anse à Bertrandcove15.6°C
Anse à la Chaudièrecove15.6°C
Anse de Savoyardcove15.6°C
Anse à Brossardcove15.6°C
Anse à Ravenelcove15.6°C
Anse à l'Allumettecove15.6°C

4 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

Étang de Savoyard0.45km²

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 69 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

42 %0–50 m
58 %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.

Saint Pierre Island26 km²

Manhattan54 km²

Santorini76 km²

5 km

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

Towns on the island

Saint-Pierre6,200 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	1	0	1	3	6	10	15	18	15	11	7	3
Night low (°C)	-3	-4	-2	0	4	8	13	16	13	9	4	0
Sea (°C)	2	1	1	2	4	8	12	16	14	10	7	4
Rain (mm)	105	94	88	86	84	94	96	86	96	111	119	118
Wet days	17	15	14	14	13	13	15	14	12	15	16	17
Sun h/day	2.0	1.8	3.5	5.5	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.1	5.6	3.9	2.0	1.6
Wind (km/h)	31	32	28	24	19	17	17	18	22	25	28	30

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	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	−0.2	−2.1	+0.7	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	+1.4	+0.3	+0.9
2021	+1.2	+0.5	+0.2	−1.4	+0.4	+0.4	−0.2	+0.3	+1.6	+1.6	+1.3	+1.7
2022	+1.6	+1.2	+1.1	+0.6	+1.1	+0.8	+1.1	+0.7	+1.6	+2.2	+0.5	+0.2
2023	+1.5	+1.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.2	−0.8	+1.0	+1.6	+2.8	+2.6	+0.6	−0.1
2024	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	±0.0	−0.3	+0.7	±0.0	+1.8	+2.3	+1.9	+1.6
2025	+1.9	+0.8	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	−0.2	−0.2	+1.4	+1.4	+1.0	+0.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

St. Pierre Beached Boats, France (near Newfoundland) — Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0

View from Hilltop, St. Pierre (near Newfoundland, Canada) — Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0

Coast of Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Ian Gratton · CC BY 2.0

Ferry to L'île aux Marins in Saint-Pierre — Keizers · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Newfoundland

Canada108,860 km²814 m196 km away

Cape Breton Island

Canada10,311 km²535 m356 km away

Fogo Island

Canada252 km²113 m354 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q3031658) · 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, 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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