Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesGrenadinesIsland

Mustique

5.6 km² of land in the Caribbean Sea.

N 0.5 km

BeachesAirports

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

In numbers

5.6km²

Area

18km

Coastline

32m

Highest point

500

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

244km

To the mainland

When to go to Mustique

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.

Small private island that is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines

Mustique is an island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It belongs to Grenadines. It covers 5.6 km², with 18 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 32 m. About 500 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 244 km away.

Getting there

Mustique Airport (MQS)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at UVF airport (Vieux Fort)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
244 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 Mustique.

16beachesMacaroni Beach, Pasture Beach, Endeavour Bay Beach and 13 more
2hotels, guesthouses and apartments
6restaurants, 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

Mustique in our other atlases

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

6beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
29.1°C
Black Sand Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

6 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Black Sand Beach29.1°C
Ellis Beach29.1°C
Dolly Beach29.1°C
Macaroni Beach29.1°C
Crystal Beach29.1°C
Deep Baycove29.1°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 31 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

77 %0–50 m
23 %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.

Mustique6 km²

Capri10 km²

Manhattan54 km²

5 km

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

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	+0.8	+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	+0.4	+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	+1.1	+1.0	+1.2	+1.2	+0.8	+0.8
2024	+0.9	+1.2	+1.2	+1.3	+1.3	+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	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Mustique beach — Stefan Schäfer, Lich · CC BY-SA 4.0

Britannia Bay, Mustique - panoramio — qwesy qwesy · CC BY 3.0

Mustique - panoramio — Kevin Stroup · CC BY 3.0

Stefan szczesny at Mustique — Selectra · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Bequia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16 km²148 m17 km away

Saint Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines346 km²1,220 m43 km away

Grenada

Grenada314 km²840 m99 km away

Canouan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.7 km²4 m23 km away

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia640 km²866 m115 km away

Union Island

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines8.7 km²93 m40 km away

Carriacou Island

Grenada32 km²291 m53 km away

Petite Martinique

Grenada2.0 km²209 m45 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q607357) · 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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