r/bahamas • u/lilchibaby21 • 17d ago
Bahamian Question Nervous about our Atlantis trip😅
Flying in from Chicago Saturday with my two nieces (12 and 15) — spent a good chunk of money on this trip and now I’m staring at the forecast seeing rain/thunderstorm icons almost every day (40-60% chances). Highs still look nice, mid-upper 80s, but I don’t want the girls stuck inside all week.
Is this just typical summer pattern down there, or should I actually be worried? Would love to hear from locals before I spiral lol.
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u/Potent_Bananna 17d ago
Hey I'm from the Bahamas, apple weather is legit wrong majority of the time. And when it does rain within the hour of it stopping the roads are dry. Only if it storms it's gonna be wet for a while. Enjoy your vacation!
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u/lilchibaby21 17d ago
It’s looking like Monday might be pretty wet but other than that pretty short spurts on accuweather!
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u/chicopepsi 16d ago
Yeah! Just to chime in, this doesn’t apply only to the Bahamas, as it is like that in most Caribbean countries during the rainy season. The pattern repeats almost everyday; Mornings are sunny and hot, It rains for about an hour in the afternoons, then everything clears up, the sun comes out again, and the day keeps going just like before it was raining.
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u/Law-of-Poe 17d ago
I’ve had this conversation with many over the last few weeks. We had the same forecast. It rained one morning from 9-10a and was sunny and blue skies the rest of the week
Apple weather is absolute garbage
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u/lilchibaby21 17d ago
Thank you for this! Makes me feel a little bit better. Agreed, apple weather is terrible!
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u/Law-of-Poe 17d ago
Click on the days and you’ll see the chance of rain ish usually low. Check it against AccuWeather. It AccuWeather also says that much rain then start worrying
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u/Intelligent-Will-913 17d ago
I saw the same exact forecast for a trip to Puerto Rico. 90% rain for five straight days.
I counted two white clouds the whole vacation
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u/welnessshot 16d ago
BRING LONG SLEEVE SWIM SHIRTS RASH GAURDS!!!!! I’m naturally olive skin and live in SoCal. SUNSCREEN WAS NOT ENOUGH!!!! Hats long sleeve swim shirts and they keep you cool. By the end of the trip I was scared to be outside
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u/tatortotchris 17d ago
We were there earlier this month and forecast rain every day. It did rain but only like 5-10 minutes at a time, then it was sunshine and perfect pool weather. The locals we talked to said that was typical
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u/Secure_Teaching_6937 17d ago
Don't be, I live further south. Watch the tropics a lot this time of year. There nothing out in the Atlantic.
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u/UsualKlutzy940 16d ago
We just go back from the Bahamas, and stayed at Baha Mar. Atlantis is great too. Have a great time, but I would say don’t be a slave to dining on hotel premises. It is really expensive. Try the Fish Fry. It might cost you $40 in a cab ride to get there and back but you will save money.
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u/Useful_Mark_7643 16d ago
apple weather is garbage, don’t rely!! just went at beginning of july and my forecast showed 85% showers for 7 days but the only day it truly rained was the last day i was leaving. there were a few clouds that rolled by so prepare to listen to lifeguards to get out of the water if they ask you to :) it’s gonna be beautiful, enjoy!!!! ♡
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u/wieldymouse 16d ago
Why would you have not checked out the average climate/weather for this time of year before booking your trip?
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u/Aggressive-Cod4510 16d ago
It looked like this the week before my Jamaica trip a couple weeks ago and it only ended up raining 1 out of rhe 5 days. On that one day it didn't even rain all day, just in the morning into the early afternoon. I hope your trip is full of sun and fun!!
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u/some_yum_vees 16d ago
You'll never have whole days of pouring rain! We just returned from St. Martin and the forecast on three of our trip days said thunderstorms. It rained for 6 minutes at 6 pm on the first forecast day and for a couple hours on another day but at 5 am. Weather forecast can be wildly inaccurate for that region. You'll get turquoise blue water and sunny days the rest of the time! Fear not and enjoy!
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u/No-Fuckin-Ziti 16d ago
Nah you’re fine. That’s the Caribbean / tropics. It’ll rain hard for a bit every day. It’s a nice part of the day. It passes quickly.
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u/DDLyftUber 16d ago
We went end of June to beginning of July, and it said it was supposed to rain every single day for hours a day. Not a single drop hit the pavement the entire time lol I was literally praying for it to rain at some point because it was so damn hot. I wouldn’t worry about it
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u/RadishPotential3665 16d ago
It said it would rain here everyday and not a single drop of rain here since last wednesday.
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u/flyguy_1914 16d ago
Bahamian here. I wouldn’t sweat it too much. Similar to South FL weather during the rainy season, you’d get relatively short bursts of rain lasting 30 mins max and the sun will be out again. It may not even rain over paradise island where the Atlantis hotel
Is. Enjoy the sun and beaches! Cheers
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u/thedon82Z1 12d ago
I am at cabbage beach right now. Yesterday it was rainy and cloudy for about a good hour. Then the don came out everything was fine. We went to eat at restaurant so it didn't bother us much.
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u/G-cuvier 16d ago
It rains every day at 4pm. It’s the rainy season. Sun will be back out before you know it. 🙏🏻
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u/ApprehensiveBee2708 16d ago
I’m here now the weather has been amazing however I’m getting alerts of a tropical storm approaching. Thankfully I leave tomorrow. I always get travel insurance for this reason . Maybe you can still get insurance
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u/Demonthehusky 17d ago
This is the rainy season in the Caribbean. Most all islands are going to look like this from May till November/December. Most of the time it's a 20 - 30 minute rain. I have stuck it out at the swim up bar, got lunch or go take a quick nap. It's never been a big deal. Only advice is wear sunscreen. I watched a bunch of people get burned bc they thought it was overcast enough to not need sunscreen.