Country Guide

The Bahamas are the most northerly group of Caribbean islands. They extend from 21° to 27°N in a southeast to northwest direction and stand between the open waters of the Atlantic and the enclosed Caribbean Sea.

There are about a dozen large islands and numerous small islands or coral reefs called (cays). Most of the islands are low-lying and their annual rainfall is rather lower than that of some other islands in the West Indies.

The climatic table for Nassau on New Providence Island in the north of the group shows that winter temperatures here are occasionally rather low when cold air blows out of the North American continent in winter or spring.

Otherwise average temperatures are similar to the rest of the Caribbean islands.