Best Time to Visit Caribbean (Climate Chart and Table)

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Here, you will find information about the climate and the best time to travel for the holiday destination Caribbean. The destination consists of the following regions: Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Eustatius, Saba, Sint Maarten, Saint-Barthélemy, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas und Cayman Islands.

First, you will find a quick overview over the climate of all regions. Furthermore, you will find more information about the climate of any destination by navigating to the detail page of a region. There, you will have access to exact climate information including climate tables and charts containing information about temperatures, precipitation and more.

Finally, we analyzed all climate data and conclude with a recommendation for the best time to travel for all regions of the destination Caribbean. So you will know which months have the best weather for your holiday.

Aruba

25 °C to 33 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

0.35 – 3.7 in (2 – 11 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Aruba

Curaçao

24 °C to 32 °C

25 °C to 28 °C

0.59 – 3.9 in (3 – 12 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and May

More details: Climate of Curaçao

Bonaire

24 °C to 33 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

0.12 – 2.44 in (2 – 10 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: all except January, and December

More details: Climate of Bonaire

Trinidad and Tobago

21 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

1.34 – 10.47 in (4 – 21 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, and December

More details: Climate of Trinidad and Tobago

Grenada

24 °C to 30 °C

27 °C to 30 °C

0.63 – 11.54 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, June, November, and December

More details: Climate of Grenada

St. Vincent and The Grenadines

17 °C to 33 °C

26 °C to 28 °C

2.76 – 10.63 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and May

More details: Climate of St. Vincent and The Grenadines

Barbados

23 °C to 31 °C

27 °C to 29 °C

1.46 – 7.28 in (8 – 16 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, and December

More details: Climate of Barbados

St. Lucia

22 °C to 30 °C

27 °C to 29 °C

3.82 – 12.24 in (11 – 20 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and May

More details: Climate of St. Lucia

Martinique

21 °C to 30 °C

26 °C to 28 °C

2.52 – 9.96 in (12 – 22 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, and December

More details: Climate of Martinique

Dominica

22 °C to 31 °C

27 °C to 29 °C

4.21 – 14.72 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and June

More details: Climate of Dominica

Guadeloupe

19 °C to 31 °C

25 °C to 28 °C

2.36 – 9.33 in (10 – 18 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Guadeloupe

Montserrat

23 °C to 33 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

3.39 – 7.72 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Montserrat

Antigua and Barbuda

21 °C to 31 °C

25 °C to 28 °C

2.09 – 6.1 in (10 – 16 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: all except July, August, September, and October

More details: Climate of Antigua and Barbuda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

24 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

3.5 – 7.72 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, and December

More details: Climate of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Sint Eustatius

23 °C to 31 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

11 – 17 Days of Rain

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Best Time to Travel: all except July, August, and September

More details: Climate of Sint Eustatius

Saba

23 °C to 31 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

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Best Time to Travel: all except June, July, August, and September

More details: Climate of Saba

Sint Maarten

23 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

1.77 – 5.87 in (8 – 15 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of Sint Maarten

Saint-Barthélemy

23 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

1.77 – 5.12 in (8 – 14 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Saint-Barthélemy

Anguilla

23 °C to 31 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

1.57 – 4.33 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of Anguilla

British Virgin Islands

19 °C to 31 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

2.17 – 7.05 in

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Best Time to Travel: all except November

More details: Climate of British Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

22 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 28 °C

1.06 – 5.98 in (8 – 18 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of United States Virgin Islands

Puerto Rico

21 °C to 32 °C

25 °C to 29 °C

2.17 – 5.94 in (8 – 15 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic

20 °C to 32 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

2.13 – 7.4 in (6 – 13 Days of Rain)

Average Annual Temperature is between 25.9 °C (Santo Domingo) and 26.3 °C (Punta Cana)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, November, and December

More details: Climate of Dominican Republic

Haiti

22 °C to 35 °C

27 °C to 30 °C

1.3 – 9.09 in (3 – 13 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, November, and December

More details: Climate of Haiti

Turks and Caicos Islands

23 °C to 31 °C

25 °C to 28 °C

0.98 – 3.7 in

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of Turks and Caicos Islands

Jamaica

22 °C to 31 °C

26 °C to 29 °C

1.38 – 6.46 in (7 – 14 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, and December

More details: Climate of Jamaica

Cuba

17 °C to 32 °C

24 °C to 30 °C

0.71 – 7.01 in (2 – 14 Days of Rain)

Average Annual Temperature is between 24.7 °C (Havana) and 25.2 °C (Trinidad)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, November, and December
Good Time to Travel: all except October

More details: Climate of Cuba

Bahamas

17 °C to 32 °C

24 °C to 29 °C

1.57 – 9.17 in (6 – 19 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of Bahamas

Cayman Islands

21 °C to 32 °C

27 °C to 30 °C

0.98 – 8.9 in (6 – 17 Days of Rain)

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Best Time to Travel: January, February, March, April, May, November, and December

More details: Climate of Cayman Islands

General and Geography

The Caribbean is a popular holiday region in the tropical west of the Atlantic. The area belongs to Central America and covers an area of about 137000 square miles in the so-called Caribbean Sea.

The Caribbean extends from the Mexican peninsula Yucatán in a triangle down to the islands Trinidad and Tobago off the coast of Venezuela in South America.

According to current estimates, about 42 million people live in the Caribbean Islands, of which about 70% use Spanish and about 25% use English as their main language. In addition to French and Dutch, numerous dialects and mixed languages of Creole and Caribbean are also represented.

The largest Caribbean islands are Cuba and Hispaniola, on which the two neighbouring states Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located. Followed by the Bahamas, Jamaica and Puerto Rico as well as the sister islands Trinidad and Tobago.

The Caribbean is usually divided into the following areas: Greater Antilles (including Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic), Lesser Antilles (including Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, Curaçao), Open Atlantic (including Bahamas, Turks and Caicos) and the Western Caribbean (including Cozumel in Mexico).

Climate in the Caribbean

Due to the extent of the Caribbean, there are regional differences, especially with regard to wind conditions and the risk of hurricanes. Basically the climate of the Caribbean can be described as tropical to subtropical. There are therefore only small temperature fluctuations and no usual seasons.

For most Caribbean islands, the European winter and spring are considered the ideal travel season. We have broken down the individual climate tables and information on the best travel time for each individual island separately and in great detail.

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Ko Samui

28 °C

30 °C

1.3 in

Maldives

27 °C

30 °C

1.97 in

Punta Cana

26 °C

28 °C

2.13 in

Jamaica

26 °C

28 °C

2.52 in

Curaçao

25 °C

29 °C

1.1 in

Oman

25 °C

28 °C

0.63 in

Dubai

21 °C

25 °C

1.42 in

Diani Beach

29 °C

33 °C

0.51 in

Zanzibar

29 °C

32 °C

2.2 in

Thailand

28 °C

33 °C

1.02 in

Cuba

27 °C

28 °C

1.34 in

Barbados

27 °C

29 °C

1.61 in

Philippines

28 °C

32 °C

4.29 in

Boracay

28 °C

30 °C

2.28 in

Kenya

28 °C

34 °C

1.22 in

Khao Lak

28 °C

34 °C

1.3 in

Tanzania

28 °C

33 °C

3.03 in

Hottest Month

June: 35 °C
Day Temperature in Port-au-Prince

Coldest Month

January: 17 °C
Night Temperature in Nassau

Rainiest Month

November: 14.72 in
Rain in Roseau

Driest Month

June: 0.12 in
Rain in Kralendijk

Maximum Water Temperature

September: 30 °C
Water Temperature in St. George’s

Sunniest Month

July: 10 hours/day
Sunshine in Holguin

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