Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGrenadinesIsland

Bequia

16.2 km² of land in the Caribbean Sea.

Port Elizabeth

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

In numbers

16.2km²

Area

39km

Coastline

148m

Highest point

4,300

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

255km

To the mainland

When to go to Bequia

Best for the beach from January 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).

27°27°26°

Jan7

27°27°26°

Feb4

27°27°26°

Mar5

27°28°26°

Apr6

28°28°27°

May11

28°28°27°

Jun18

28°28°27°

Jul20

29°29°28°

Aug23

29°29°28°

Sep21

29°29°28°

Oct23

28°28°27°

Nov19

28°28°27°

Dec11

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.

Island

Bequia is an island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It belongs to Grenadines. It covers 16.2 km², with 39 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 148 m. About 4,300 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 255 km away.

Getting there

J F Mitchell Airport (BQU)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at UVF airport (Vieux Fort)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesKingstown, Saint Vincent - Port Elizabeth, Bequia
255 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January 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 Bequia.

9beachesAtheal Ollivierre Beach, Belmont Beach, Hope Bay Beach and 6 more
4viewpointsSpring View Park, Mount Peggy and 2 more
1ferry terminalsPort Elizabeth
2named peaksMount Pleasant, Holler Peak
1castles and fortsFort Hamilton
11hotels, guesthouses and apartments
30restaurants, 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

Bequia in our other atlases

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

10beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
29.1°C
Upper Bight
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

10 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Tony Gibbons Beach29.1°C
Bemont Beach29.1°C
Upper Bightcove29.1°C
Lower Bightcove29.1°C
Ships Stern Baycove29.1°C
Spring Baycove29.1°C
L'Anse Chemincove29.1°C
Hog Holecove29.1°C

2 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 83 m above the sea. 98 % of it is below 200 m.

34 %0–50 m
63 %50–200 m
2 %200–500 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.

Bequia16 km²

Manhattan54 km²

Capri10 km²

5 km

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

Towns on the island

Port Elizabeth839 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	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27
Sea (°C)	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28
Rain (mm)	27	15	20	21	41	68	74	88	88	107	89	43
Wet days	7	4	5	6	11	18	20	23	21	23	19	11
Sun h/day	8.3	8.8	9.0	8.9	8.6	7.8	8.2	8.5	8.3	7.6	7.7	8.1
Wind (km/h)	27	28	26	25	26	27	26	22	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	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4
2021	+0.4	+0.4	−0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3
2022	±0.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	±0.0	±0.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	±0.0	−0.2	−0.2
2023	−0.1	−0.2	±0.0	+0.1	+0.3	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0	+1.2	+1.2	+0.8	+0.8
2024	+0.9	+1.2	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+1.3	+1.2	+1.3	+1.4	+1.5	+1.3	+1.0
2025	+0.9	+0.8	+0.7	+0.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Admiralty Bay on Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (49797161858) — David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada. · CC BY 2.0

Bequia Beach Hotel, Friendship Beach - panoramio — qwesy qwesy · CC BY 3.0

Admiralty Bay on Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (47354377411) — David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada. · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Saint Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines346 km²1,220 m26 km away

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia640 km²866 m100 km away

Mustique

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5.6 km²32 m17 km away

Grenada

Grenada314 km²840 m110 km away

Canouan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.7 km²4 m35 km away

Union Island

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.7 km²93 m51 km away

Carriacou Island

Grenada32 km²291 m65 km away

Petite Martinique

Grenada2.0 km²209 m58 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q257857) · 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 — 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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