Belize City
17.50° N, 88.19° W
When to go?
Mean 24 °C, 12 rain days in the month (113 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Mean 25 °C, 8 rain days in the month (59 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 26 °C, 6 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 27 °C, 5 rain days in the month (49 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 10 rain days in the month (129 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 16 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 20 rain days in the month (225 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 21 rain days in the month (218 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (237 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 27 °C, 17 rain days in the month (302 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 25 °C, 15 rain days in the month (239 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 25 °C, 15 rain days in the month (141 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 27 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
No ideal month: the best month is January, the least rainy with the right temperature. Ideal for the sea: all year. Avoid February–December (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Caribbean Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Caribbean Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Caribbean Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +1.0 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.4 °C), coldest: 1954 (−0.5 °C).
September and October warmed the most (+0.9 and +0.9 °C), November the least (+0.4 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −1 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.4 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990