page_title: Geography of Saint Helena
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Saint Helena / Physical geography / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: "The Barn", Saint Helena Island.
context_page_description: Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about midway between South America and Africa. St Helena has a land area of 122 square kilometres and is part of the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which includes Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
context_section_description: The climate of Saint Helena island can be described as tropical, marine and mild, tempered by the Benguela Current and trade winds which blow almost continuously. Similarly, the climate of Tristan da Cunha is marine, mild and also tempered by trade winds, although the climate is temperate in nature. Ascension Island is warmer and wetter than St Helena.
caption: The Barn, which forms the northeast point of the island
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