SeasonMapTobago (Scarborough) weather by month
Trinidad and Tobago
The best time to visit Tobago (Scarborough) is February to April — 90/100 in March, 31°C and 8 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, December to May (87/100 on average).
The worst month is October at 74/100 — sweltering, soaked, clean air. See October →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Trinidad and Tobago →
Tobago, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Tobago 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.
| Month | Score | Tier | High | Rain | Sun | Crowds | On |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JanJanuary | 87 | A | 30°C | 14 d | 11 h | Busy | 3 |
| FebFebruary | 89 | A | 30°C | 10 d | 11 h | Busy | 3 |
| MarMarch | 90 | S | 31°C | 8 d | 11 h | Peak | 5 |
| AprApril | 89 | A | 31°C | 9 d | 11 h | Busy | 4 |
| MayMay | 86 | A | 31°C | 13 d | 11 h | Shoulder | 3 |
| JunJune | 78 | B | 31°C | 21 d | 11 h | Shoulder | 3 |
| JulJuly | 75 | B | 31°C | 25 d | 11 h | Peak | 4 |
| AugAugust | 76 | B | 32°C | 25 d | 11 h | Peak | 4 |
| SepSeptember | 79 | B | 32°C | 20 d | 11 h | Busy | 2 |
| OctOctober | 74 | B | 32°C | 22 d | 10 h | Busy | 3 |
| NovNovember | 75 | B | 31°C | 23 d | 10 h | Peak | 4 |
| DecDecember | 82 | A | 31°C | 19 d | 10 h | Busy | 2 |
What's on in Tobago through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- January
- Dry season1 Jan – 31 MaySeason
- February
- Trinidad and Tobago Carnival16–17 FebHoliday
- March
- Buccoo Goat Races7 AprFestival
- Leatherback nesting1 Mar – 31 Aug (usually)Nature
- June
- Hurricane season1 Jun – 30 NovHazard
- July
- Tobago Heritage Festival16 Jul – 1 AugFestival
- Emancipation and Independence31 Jul – 1 SepHoliday
- October
- Seabirds on Little Tobago1 Oct – 30 Jun (usually)Nature
- Divali15 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Holiday
- November
- Christmas and parang25 Nov – 1 JanFestival
Crowds in Tobago 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.
Peak crowdstravelers describe it as peak season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it
Sourced from traveler notes: “…um threads describe March as sitting at the tail end of the high season - the stretch from just before Christmas through mid-March…” — TrinidadTobagoRegular
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet