United KingdomCaribbeanIsland

Montserrat

102 km² rising to 1,042 m out of the Caribbean Sea.

BradesSaint PetersPlymouth

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

In numbers

102km²

Area

42km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

1,042m

Highest point

5,440

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

656km

To the mainland

When to go to Montserrat

Best for the beach from December to April.

The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

27°26°26°

Jan11

26°26°25°

Feb9

26°26°25°

Mar9

27°27°26°

Apr11

28°28°27°

May15

28°28°27°

Jun16

28°29°28°

Jul18

29°29°28°

Aug20

29°29°28°

Sep21

29°29°28°

Oct20

28°28°27°

Nov17

28°27°26°

Dec14

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.

British overseas territory and island in the Caribbean

Montserrat is an island in United Kingdom. It belongs to Caribbean. It covers 102 km², with 42 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,042 m. About 5,440 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 656 km away.

Getting there

John A. Osborne Airport (MNI)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at PTP airport (Pointe-à-Pitre)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesAntigua - Montserrat, Montserrat-Nevis
656 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

Car hire at PTP airport (Pointe-à-Pitre)Discover CarsSee

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On the island

What you find on Montserrat.

8beachesLittle Bay Beach, Rendezvous Bay Beach, Woodlands Beach and 5 more
9viewpointsSouffre Hills Volcano Viewpoint, Old Airport Viewpoint, Lawyer's Mountain and 6 more
3ferry terminalsMontserrat Ferry Terminal
1named peaksChances Peak
1volcanoesSoufrière Hills
1waterfalls
10ruins and archaeological sitesPlymouth, Blackburne Airfield and 8 more
1dive centresScuba Montserrat Dive Shop
4hotels, guesthouses and apartments
35restaurants, 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

Montserrat in our other atlases

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

1waterfallCascadyas

1 waterfalls

on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas

Great Alp Falls

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 236 m above the sea. 50 % of it is below 200 m.

15 %0–50 m
35 %50–200 m
40 %200–500 m
10 %500–1,000 m
<1 %1,000–2,000 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.

Montserrat102 km²

Malta247 km²

Santorini76 km²

10 km

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

Towns on the island

Brades1,000 people
Saint Petersno census figure
Plymouthno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	26	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	27
Night low (°C)	26	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	26
Sea (°C)	27	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28
Rain (mm)	37	25	32	46	83	76	97	112	122	157	113	62
Wet days	11	9	9	11	15	16	18	20	21	20	17	14
Sun h/day	8.3	8.8	9.3	9.4	8.7	8.8	8.7	8.9	8.3	7.7	7.7	7.8
Wind (km/h)	26	26	23	23	24	25	27	24	19	20	22	25

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	+0.7	+0.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1
2021	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	±0.0	−0.2	±0.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3
2022	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	−0.1	+0.2	±0.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	−0.1	−0.2	±0.0
2023	+0.1	−0.1	+0.2	±0.0	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+1.0	+1.3	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6
2024	+0.7	+0.9	+1.3	+1.3	+1.6	+1.7	+1.3	+1.2	+1.2	+1.4	+1.4	+1.3
2025	+0.9	+1.0	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

From Garibaldi Hill (5809292121) (2) — David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Little Bay, Montserrat — David Stanley · CC BY 2.0

Montserrat Island Sunset (4568325551) — Aah-Yeah · CC BY 2.0

Montserrat Cultural Center (5809290561) — David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Redonda

Antigua and Barbuda0.60 km²269 m26 km away

Antigua

Antigua and Barbuda272 km²402 m57 km away

Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis94 km²985 m60 km away

Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts and Nevis169 km²1,156 m86 km away

Basse-Terre Island

France850 km²1,467 m88 km away

Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda161 km²122 m107 km away

Grande-Terre

France595 km²130 m95 km away

Dominica

Dominica787 km²1,447 m175 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q13353) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
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	Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · 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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