The Valley (Anguilla) weather by month
The best time to visit The Valley (Anguilla) is January to March — 79/100 in March, 28°C and 8 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, December to June (75/100 on average).
The worst month is September at 60/100 — sweltering, rainy, clean air. See September →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Anguilla →
Best season: December to June (75/100 on average) · worst September (60/100)
- Days
- 28°C
- Nights
- 25°C
- Wet days
- 8
- Sun
- 11.1 h
- Humidity
- 76%
- Daylight
- 12 h
The Valley, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip The Valley 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 The Valley through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Moonsplash music festival1–31 Mar (usually)Festival
- Festival del Mar20 Mar – 26 Apr (usually)Festival
- May
- Anguilla Day and boat race30 MayHoliday
- Sargassum season1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Hazard
- June
- Hurricane season1 Jun – 30 NovHazard
- July
- Anguilla Summer Festival24 Jul – 9 Aug (usually)Festival
- August
- Off-season hotel closures16 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)Closure
- December
- Winter high season15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Season
Crowds in The Valley 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.
BusyFestival del Mar, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on The Valley
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters consistently name March as one of the most desirable months weather-wise - hot but rarely humid, with little rain and noticeably lower mosquito and no-see-um activity thanks to steadier wind. That same wind can be strong enough to rough up the surf at popular spots like Meads Bay, though posters note calmer alternatives sit just a 5-15 minute drive away among the island's roughly three dozen beaches. Crowds run lighter than the December-February peak while restaurants and activities (stand-up paddleboarding, tennis, golf, nature tours) stay fully open, making March a popular pick for travelers escaping northern winters without the highest-season prices or crowds.
Anguilla's forum doesn't hide that September sits in peak hurricane season - hot, humid days with a real chance of passing showers or a grey, rainy stretch, and many hotels and higher-end restaurants close for the season regardless of the day-to-day forecast. That said, several posters put the odds of a clear, sunny day at roughly 80%, and one traveler's late-September week was described as brilliantly clear and hot throughout. The trade-off that comes up again and again: genuinely quiet beaches and warm, calm water in exchange for accepting real storm risk and limited services.
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