Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC0Sainte-Marie is warm all year: afternoons reach 28 to 31 degrees in every month
About 2,404 mm of rain falls in a typical year. Temperatures cover 9°C across the year, low to high. Set against mainland French towns, none of its figures stands out.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saint-Joseph Lezard station, 12 km south.
A year in Sainte-Marie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Joseph Lezard station.
What a year in Sainte-Marie 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 Saint-Joseph Lezard.
About 2,404 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 70 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th 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 Saint-Joseph Lezard
Saint-Joseph Lezard is 12 km south of Sainte-Marie. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Marie itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Joseph Lezard (97224004) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 65 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 83 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lamentin-Aéro, 19 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 Sainte-Marie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie | Saint-Joseph Lezard | 30.9°C | 21.6°C | 2,404 mm |
| Le Marigot 5.8 km | Bassepointe-Chal | 31.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 21.4°C about the same | 2,636 mm |
| Gros-Morne 6.7 km | Fort-de-France Desaix | 30.5°C about the same | 22.0°C about the same | 1,951 mm |
| La Trinité 7.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 21.6°C about the same | 2,404 mm |
| Le Lorrain 8.5 km | Bassepointe-Chal | 31.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 21.4°C about the same | 2,636 mm |
| Saint-Joseph 11 km | Fort-de-France Desaix | 30.5°C about the same | 22.0°C about the same | 1,951 mm |
| Le Robert 12 km | François-Chopot | 31.2°C about the same | 23.1°C 1.5°C milder | 1,793 mm |
Sainte-Marie weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Joseph Lezard station; sunshine at Lamentin-Aéro.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C | 21.8°C | 25.0°C | 142 mm | 202 |
| February | 28.2°C | 21.6°C | 24.9°C | 96 mm | 202 |
| March | 28.6°C | 21.8°C | 25.2°C | 104 mm | 229 |
| April | 29.2°C | 22.6°C | 25.9°C | 173 mm | 218 |
| May | 29.8°C | 23.6°C | 26.7°C | 170 mm | 217 |
| June | 29.9°C | 24.4°C | 27.1°C | 191 mm | 195 |
| July | 29.9°C | 24.3°C | 27.1°C | 237 mm | 216 |
| August | 30.5°C | 24.1°C | 27.3°C | 276 mm | 223 |
| September | 30.9°C | 23.5°C | 27.2°C | 255 mm | 207 |
| October | 30.5°C | 23.3°C | 26.9°C | 298 mm | 205 |
| November | 29.6°C | 23.0°C | 26.3°C | 289 mm | 183 |
| December | 28.7°C | 22.3°C | 25.5°C | 176 mm | 193 |
| Year | 29.5°C | 23.0°C | 26.3°C | 2,404 mm | 2,489 |
Where Sainte-Marie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Joseph Lezard, 12 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, 19 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 Sainte-Marie’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Marie get in summer?
September is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.9°C. Météo-France publishes no count of hot days for this station.
Does Sainte-Marie ever get cool?
Not much: the coolest nights, in February, average 21.6°C.
How much rain does Sainte-Marie get?
About 2,404 mm a year. October is the wettest month (298 mm) and February the driest (96 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lamentin-Aéro (19 km away), averages 2,489 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Marie itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Marie, Saint-Joseph Lezard, 12 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 ST-JOSEPH LEZARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Marie →
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.