The Climate

The weather and climate in the islands of the Bahamas
Most of the Bahamas has sunshine approximately 310 days per year, averaging 8 hours per day.
This is usually more in the summer and less in the winter.
The Bahamas has a tropical maritime climate, which makes for generally year-round good weather.
The Bahamas does not experience extremes of temperatures.
In centrally situated New Providence, winter temperatures seldom fall much below 60F degrees and usually reach about 75F degrees in the day.
In summer, temperatures usually fall to 78F degrees or less at night and seldom rise above 90F degrees during the day.
There are two seasons: summer which is from May through September and winter which is from October through April.
A Long Island winter is usually the equivalent of summer in Tenerife (Spain).