Ducos is warm all year: afternoons reach 28 to 31 degrees in every month
Rain adds up to roughly 1,793 mm over twelve months. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in February. Its July, January and rain figures all sit close to those of typical mainland French towns.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s François-Chopot station, 7.5 km north-east.
A year in Ducos at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the François-Chopot station.
What a year in Ducos feels like
Typical highs and lows in the rainier and the drier half of the year, and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at François-Chopot.
About 1,793 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 47 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 27 towns of 2,500+ in Martinique.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lamentin-Aéro
The Météo-France station at François-Chopot
François-Chopot is 7.5 km north-east of Ducos. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ducos itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | François-Chopot (97210001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.5 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 66 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lamentin-Aéro, 3.8 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Ducos compares
Against the 27 towns of 2,500+ in Martinique (the dots). Mainland France’s towns aren’t a fair comparison for a tropical climate.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | Warmest-month high | Coolest-month low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducos | François-Chopot | 31.2°C | 23.1°C | 1,793 mm |
| Saint-Esprit 4.5 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 23.1°C about the same | 1,793 mm |
| Rivière-Salée 6.2 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 23.1°C about the same | 1,793 mm |
| Le Lamentin 6.8 km | Lamentin-Aéro | 31.7°C 0.5°C warmer | 22.1°C 1°C colder | 2,057 mm |
| Le François 7 km | François-Simon | 31.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 22.8°C about the same | 1,634 mm |
| Les Trois-Îlets 9.7 km | Lamentin-Aéro | 31.7°C 0.5°C warmer | 22.1°C 1°C colder | 2,057 mm |
| Rivière-Pilote 10 km | Vauclin | 30.7°C 0.5°C cooler | 24.0°C 0.9°C milder | 1,230 mm |
Ducos weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the François-Chopot station; sunshine at Lamentin-Aéro.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C | 23.2°C | 25.8°C | 91 mm | 202 |
| February | 28.6°C | 23.1°C | 25.8°C | 64 mm | 202 |
| March | 29.0°C | 23.4°C | 26.2°C | 73 mm | 229 |
| April | 29.5°C | 24.0°C | 26.8°C | 134 mm | 218 |
| May | 30.1°C | 24.8°C | 27.4°C | 127 mm | 217 |
| June | 30.1°C | 25.2°C | 27.7°C | 129 mm | 195 |
| July | 30.2°C | 25.1°C | 27.7°C | 168 mm | 216 |
| August | 30.8°C | 25.2°C | 28.0°C | 202 mm | 223 |
| September | 31.2°C | 24.8°C | 28.0°C | 189 mm | 207 |
| October | 30.8°C | 24.6°C | 27.7°C | 234 mm | 205 |
| November | 29.9°C | 24.3°C | 27.1°C | 264 mm | 183 |
| December | 29.0°C | 23.8°C | 26.4°C | 121 mm | 193 |
| Year | 29.8°C | 24.3°C | 27.1°C | 1,793 mm | 2,489 |
Where Ducos’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for François-Chopot, 7.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Lamentin-Aéro, 3.8 km away.
- Comparisons: the towns of 2,500+ in Martinique, read the same way.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ducos’s climate
How warm does Ducos get in summer?
September is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.2°C. Météo-France publishes no count of hot days for this station.
Does Ducos ever get cool?
Not much: the coolest nights, in February, average 23.1°C.
How much rain does Ducos get?
About 1,793 mm a year. November is the wettest month (264 mm) and February the driest (64 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lamentin-Aéro (3.8 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ducos itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ducos, François-Chopot, 7.5 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station FRANCOIS-CHOPOT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ducos →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.