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Barbados at a glance

The atlas follows 552 places here month by month, with 12 mountains and 2 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, February and March.

Barbados's population

Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.

+35%210k in 1950 → 283k in 2025 → 264k in 2050
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Barbados · In numbers

GDP per person (PPP)$25,9002025 · 78/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy76.32024 · 94/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities60 %2025 · 125/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet70 %2024 · 118/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.712024 · 124/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover15 %2024 · 140/206 among countries

The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.

When to go to Barbados

The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.

Where to go, month by month

For the beach in August

Places and regions of Barbados

The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.

11 regions

Barbados from above

Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.

OctoberMonth scores for Barbados
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Bridgetownbest Jan–Mar51Bridgetown
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Bathshebabest Jan–Mar52Bathsheba
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The Cranebest Jan–Mar51The Crane
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Hastingsbest Jan–Mar51Hastings
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Church Villagebest Jan–Mar52Church Village

Nature in Barbados

All nature

Wildlife in October

The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.

Outdoors in Barbados

Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.

Culture in Barbados

2 monuments and 3 museums; the best known first.

All monuments

What's on in Barbados

Event calendar

The ground and the sky in Barbados

Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.

Earthquakes

Getting to Barbados

1 large airports, 3 railway stations; the ones closest to the most visited places.

Practical information

Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.

PlugsAB115 V
Emergency211Calling code +1246
TrafficOn the leftside of the road
CurrencyBarbadian DollarBBD
LanguagesEnglish
Local time09:31Bridgetown