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Cities / Dominica

Roseau

Roseau; Wozo

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Roseau from Wikipedia📷 Zeamays at English Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0

About

Roseau is the capital and largest city of Dominica, located on the island's west coast between the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau River, and Morne Bruce.

Wikipedia →

Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Roseau, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.

The next week in Roseau

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Drizzle
29° / 25°
4.3 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Drizzle
29° / 25°
3.0 mm
UV Very high
Fri
Drizzle
29° / 25°
1.1 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Drizzle
29° / 24°
6.5 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
29° / 25°
3.0 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
29°

In June 11

Drag to scrub across the year.

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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 25°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.0h
05:34 – 18:36local

Year-round climate

Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).

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Airports near Roseau

4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Canefield Airport (DCF) at 4 km.

Getting around Roseau

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
B Metro

Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.

Local time   · America/Dominica

Facts

Population
14,725
Area
5.4 km²
Elevation
43 m
Founded
Built on the Kalinago village site of Sairi; French settlement grew in the 18th century
Demonym
Roseau resident; Dominican
Avg high
29.7°C
Avg low
22.5°C
Rainfall
2,000 mm/yr
Mayor
Lucy Belle-Matthew
IATA
DCF; DOM

Also known as: Nature Island capital

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Sources

This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.

  • Wikipedia →

    Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.

  • Wikidata →

    Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.

  • NASA POWER →

    Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.

  • Open-Meteo historical weather →

    1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.

  • Open-Elevation →

    Coordinate-based elevation backfill.

  • tz database →

    Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.

  • Site credits →

    Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.

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5.4 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
29° / 24°
2.1 mm
UV Very high
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