Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
301km²
Area
158km
Coastline
600m
Highest point
60,874
People
29°C
Warmest sea
September
118km
To the mainland
When to go to Tobago
Best for the beach from February to April.
The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (27 °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 Trinidad and Tobago
Tobago is an island in Trinidad and Tobago. It belongs to Lesser Antilles. It covers 301 km², with 158 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 600 m. About 60,874 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 118 km away.
Getting there
- A.N.R. Robinson International Airport (TAB)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at POS airport (Port of Spain)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesScarborough - Port of Spain Ferry, Port of Spain - Scarborough Ferry
- 118 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From February 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 Tobago.
- 27beachesSwallows Bay, Coco Reef Internal Beach, Mount Irvine Bay Beach and 24 more
- 10viewpointsFlagstaff Lookout Point, Mount Dillon Lookout Point, Pirates Bay and 7 more
- 1lighthousesScarborough Lighthouse
- 2ferry terminalsTobago Terminal, Scarborough Ferry Terminal
- 11named peaksFlagstaff Lookout Point, Back Hill, Mountain Hill and 8 more
- 10waterfallsDouble River Waterfall, Rainbowfalls, Highland Waterfall and 7 more
- 2castles and fortsFort Milford, Fort King George
- 8ruins and archaeological sitesFort Bennett, Granby Fort, Fort Campbleton and 5 more
- 4dive centresTobago Dive Experience, Dive Shop and 2 more
- 165hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 142restaurants, 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
Tobago in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Tobago, each with its own numbers.
2beaches and covesCoastya
10mountainsPeakyas
Highest point
291m
Windsor
according to Peakyas
Beach with the warmest sea
29.2°C
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
10 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Windsor291m
- Pulteney Hill
- Man of War Hill
- Pigeon Peak
- Morne d'Or
- The Lure
- Louis d'Or
- Flagstaff
2 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 172 m above the sea. 63 % of it is below 200 m.
- 23 %0–50 m
- 40 %50–200 m
- 36 %200–500 m
- 2 %500–1,000 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.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Scarborough17,000 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Night low (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Sea (°C) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Rain (mm) | 72 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 81 | 144 | 160 | 164 | 138 | 184 | 180 | 126 |
| Wet days | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Wind (km/h) | 27 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
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 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.2 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| 2024 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +1.0 |
| 2025 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.3 | ±0.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q185111) · 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 — 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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