Margarita (Isla Margarita) weather by month
The best time to visit Margarita (Isla Margarita) is March to May — 90/100 in March, 26°C and 4 rainy days. It is good year-round: every month scores within a few points of the best.
The worst month is December at 87/100 — hot, a little rain, clean air. See December →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Good year-round · worst December (87/100)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 25°C
- Wet days
- 4
- Sun
- 11 h
- Humidity
- 84%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Margarita, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Margarita is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Margarita through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Margarita in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusySemana Santa, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Margarita
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe Margarita Island's climate as fairly consistent year-round, a result of sitting only about 11 degrees off the equator and below the Caribbean hurricane belt, with January through May standing out as both the coolest and windiest stretch of the year. One visitor's late-March-to-early-April trip reported hot, mostly windy days with clear skies and no rain at all, particularly on the island's northern side. Posters generally name Easter week and August as the busiest times with domestic Venezuelan visitors, meaning an April visit outside the Easter rush can mean a quieter island alongside the comparatively cooler, drier, windier conditions typical of this part of the year.
Margarita's forum pushes back on the idea that October rainy season means washed-out beach days: multi-year visitor tallies cited on the forum put well over 90% of October days as sunny, and when rain does show up it tends to be a short, sharp downpour or something that passes through overnight rather than during beach hours. The island sits outside the Caribbean hurricane belt, which several posters flagged as a real advantage this time of year compared to other regional destinations. Consensus was that online forecasts for the island are unreliable, so locals just expect mostly dry, hot conditions and treat any rain as a pleasant surprise rather than the plan.
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