Best Time to Visit Belize

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On this page, you will find information about the climate and the best time to visit Belize. We created climate tables and charts for the location of Belize City. These contain details about temperatures, precipitation and more.

Furthermore, we analyzed all climate data and provide a recommendation about which months are best to visit Belize for your holiday.

Climate Overview

Thermometer Symbol 20 °C to 32 °C
Waves Symbol 26 °C to 30 °C
Rainy Cloud Symbol 2.0511.3 in (4 – 16 Days of Rain)
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Best Time to Visit Belize: Overview

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MayMay
Very hot (average up to 28 °C)
JuneJun
Very hot (average up to 28 °C)
Up to 10.14 in of rainof rain
JulyJul
Up to 9.59 in of rainof rain
AugustAug
Up to 7.36 in of rainof rain
SeptemberSep
Up to 11.28 in of rainof rain
OctoberOct
Up to 10.02 in of rainof rain
NovemberNov
Up to 7.2 in of rainof rain
DecemberDec
Up to 6.91 in of rainof rain

Climate Chart Belize

Belize City

Climate Chart Belize City
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Source of Data: German Weather Service (Offenbach) and Wikipedia

Climate Table Belize

In the following, you will find the climate table for Belize, containing information about Temperatures, Precipitation, Water Temperatures, and Hours of Sunshine.

Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Day Temperature28°28°30°31°32°31°31°31°31°30°29°28°
Night Temperature20°20°22°23°24°25°24°24°24°23°21°20°
Water Temperature26°26°27°28°28°29°29°29°30°29°28°27°
Precipitation (inch)5.432.862.332.044.1210.149.597.3611.2810.027.26.91
Rainy days12754614161616151312
Hours of Sunshine678987786666
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Temperatures
The annual average temperature is 26.3 °C.

For comparison: London 11 °C, NYC 12 °C, LA 17.9 °C

Warmest month: May (28 °C)
Coldest month: January (23.6 °C)

The maximum water temperature is 30 °C. You can take a bath at these temperatures.

Months with water temperature of at least 21 °C (adequate for beach vacation):
all months

Precipitation
Overall annual precipitation: 79.27 inch on 136 rainy days

For comparison: London 24.06 in, NYC 41.57 in, LA 12.01 in

Rainy season (months with more than 6.9 in of precipitation): June, July, August, September, October, November, and December
Overall precipitation in the rainy season: 62.5 in

You cannot expect snow in any month.

Sunshine
As our climate table shows, April is the sunniest month with an average of 8.5 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 7 hours of sunshine per day on average. For comparison: London has 4.1, NYC has 7 and LA has 8.9 hours of sunshine per day on average.

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Current Weather and Forecast

Current Weather in Belize City
light rain     light rain, 21 °C
Clouds: 20 %       Wind: 0 mph
Air Pressure: 1016 hPa       Humidity: 100 %
Last updated: 7th Feb 2023, 02:16 pm
The next days …
8th Feb 20239th Feb 202310th Feb 202311th Feb 202312th Feb 202313th Feb 2023
light rain25 °C to 26 °Cmoderate rain25 °C to 26 °Clight rain25 °C to 26 °Clight rain22 °C to 25 °Clight rain20 °C to 24 °Cmoderate rain24 °C to 26 °C
25 °C to 26 °C25 °C to 26 °C25 °C to 26 °C22 °C to 25 °C20 °C to 24 °C24 °C to 26 °C
Clouds: 1 %Clouds: 5 %Clouds: 0 %Clouds: 59 %Clouds: 97 %Clouds: 5 %
0.24 in of rain0.45 in of rain0.18 in of rain0.18 in of rain0.04 in of rain0.44 in of rain
Weather information provided by OpenWeatherMap. (CC BY-SA)
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