Willemstad (Curacao) weather by month

The best time to visit Willemstad (Curacao) is January, March and April — 89/100 in March, 30°C and 7 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, January to September (87/100 on average).

The worst month is November at 80/100 — sweltering, rainy, clean air. See November →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Willemstad Curaçao · Southern Caribbean · Island89
  1. 88Jan
  2. 88Feb
  3. 89Mar
  4. 89Apr
  5. 88May
  6. 86Jun
  7. 87Jul
  8. 86Aug
  9. 85Sep
  10. 81Oct
  11. 80Nov
  12. 85Dec

Best season: January to September (87/100 on average) · worst November (80/100)

Days
30°C
Nights
25°C
Wet days
7
Sun
11.1 h
Humidity
78%
Daylight
12 h
Willemstad, Curaçao
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Willemstad, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Willemstad 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.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan88A30°C14 d11 hPeak3
Feb88A30°C10 d11 hPeak2
Mar89A30°C7 d11 hPeak2
Apr89A31°C5 d11 hBusy1
May88A31°C7 d11 hShoulder—
Jun86A32°C11 d11 hShoulder—
Jul87A32°C9 d12 hBusy1
Aug86A33°C10 d11 hShoulder1
Sep85A33°C10 d11 hBusy1
Oct81A32°C20 d10 hBusy1
Nov80A31°C23 d10 hBusy1
Dec85A30°C19 d11 hPeak2

What's on in Willemstad through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

January
  • Carnival10 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Festival
July
  • Flag and Anthem Day2 JulHoliday
August
  • Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival3–5 SepFestival
October
  • Curaçao Day10 OctHoliday
November
  • Cruise season1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Season
December
  • Christmas and New Year18 Dec – 2 JanHoliday

Everything on in Willemstad through the year →

Crowds in Willemstad 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 crowdsCarnival, Cruise season, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Willemstad

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Curaçao has a desert climate and roughly 340 sunny days a year; March sits at about 27°C by day and 25 overnight, with the sea at 27. The forum's recurring subject is the trade wind, and the record puts it in perspective: it blows here all year, never averaging below about 29 kph, with the stronger stretch running February through July and peaking in May at 37. March, at 34.5, is in the windy half without being the worst of it. Most visitors treat it as the thing that makes the heat bearable rather than a nuisance, and the island's hills — especially towards the west end — block a good deal of it. Sunscreen is non-negotiable.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe Curaçao's climate as remarkably consistent year-round, with daytime temperatures in the 80sF and nights in the 70sF, tempered by a steady 12-15mph trade wind out of the east that keeps the heat comfortable even as the rainy season begins toward the very end of September. Posters are consistent that this rainy season is genuinely low-key - short, overnight or early-morning showers rather than anything that disrupts a full day, with sea temperatures around this time among the warmest of the year at roughly 84F. Posters do flag one exception worth knowing: when a storm or hurricane passes to the north, it can knock out the usual trade breeze, making conditions feel unusually humid and sticky even without direct rain. Posters generally rate September as a good, reliably warm time for Willemstad, with the trade wind and brief showers keeping conditions comfortable outside of the occasional storm-linked humid spell.
Tripadvisor community · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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