14-day forecast — Barbados Updated every hour
Fri · Today · 31 Jul
Showers
28°
26°
18.6 mm
Sat · Tomorrow · 1 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
1.7 mm
Sunday · 2 Aug
Showers
28°
27°
4.2 mm
Monday · 3 Aug
Showers
28°
27°
0.7 mm
Tuesday · 4 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
0.4 mm
Wednesday · 5 Aug
Sunny
29°
27°
10%
Thursday · 6 Aug
Sunny intervals
29°
27°
0.1 mm
Friday · 7 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
0.6 mm
Saturday · 8 Aug
Sunny intervals
29°
27°
15%
Sunday · 9 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
0.3 mm
Monday · 10 Aug
Sunny intervals
29°
27°
0.2 mm
Tuesday · 11 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
0.5 mm
Wednesday · 12 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
4.0 mm
Thursday · 13 Aug
Showers
29°
27°
5.3 mm
About Barbados
The Brits’ favourite Caribbean island — 29°C all year, calm west-coast beaches and rum shacks.
Country Barbados
Region Caribbean
Continent North America & Caribbean
Time zone America/Barbados (-04:00)
Latitude 13.1939°
Longitude -59.5432°
Air quality Fair (EAQI 22)
Climate in Barbados in May
Averages over 8 years · best time to visit
Best time to visit Barbados : January–December . With perfect weather, May is a recommended month to visit.
Photo: Wikimedia
April
May
June
Average temperature
→ 25°C
25°C
→ 25°C
Highest temperature
→ 28°C
28°C
→ 28°C
Lowest temperature
→ 23°C
23°C
→ 23°C
Sea temperature
▲ 28,3°C
28,9°C
▼ 28,7°C
Rainfall
▲ 45 mm
50 mm
▲ 83 mm
Days with rain
→ 15 d
15 d
▲ 19 d
Humidity
▲ 69%
71%
▲ 74%
Sunshine hours per day
→ 11,4 h
11,4 h
▼ 11,0 h
Cloud cover
▲ 8%
11%
▲ 15%
UV index (midday)
→ 12
12
→ 12
Day length
12:26
12:44
12:53
Our rating
Perfect
Perfect
Good
Temperature day by day in May mean + moving average
23° 24° 25° 26° 27° 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Rainfall day by day in May mm
0 2.2 4.3 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
UV index day by day in May midday value, clear-sky
0 6 12 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Climate averages calculated from the ERA5 archive (8 years; sea temperature from marine reanalysis). UV estimated from solar elevation.
Other destinations in North America & Caribbean
Data source
Global weather models — international forecasts
The weather for Barbados is based on global weather models (ECMWF, GFS) and national meteorological institutes around the world. Forecasts update every hour; current measurements every 15 minutes. For destinations with a larger time difference from the UK, local time is shown above.