SeasonMapBest time to visit the Caribbean
The best time to visit the Caribbean is January to April, judged across 53 places; October is its weakest month.
Updated September 2026 · Latin America & the Caribbean · 53 places, each judged for what it is · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
The Caribbean month by month
| Month | Season | Why | Best places |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | in season | dry season · 29°C highs · 10 h sun | Negril, Rincón, Santa Marta |
| February | in season | Carnival · dry season · 29°C highs | Negril, Varadero, Cayo Coco |
| March | in season | dry season · 29°C highs · 11 h sun | Negril, Varadero, Castries |
| April | in season | dry season · 30°C highs · 11 h sun | Varadero, Negril, Castries |
| May | good | 31°C highs · 12 h sun | Castries, Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre |
| June | good | 31°C highs · 12 h sun | Puerto Plata, Samaná, Cap-Haïtien |
| July | good | 32°C highs · 12 h sun | Puerto Plata, Cap-Haïtien, Oranjestad |
| August | good | 32°C highs · 11 h sun | Puerto Plata, Cap-Haïtien, Kralendijk |
| September | good | 32°C highs · 11 h sun | Negril, Cap-Haïtien, Kralendijk |
| October | good | 31°C highs · 10 h sun | Puerto Plata, Rincón, Samaná |
| November | good | 30°C highs · 10 h sun | Varadero, Negril, Nassau |
| December | good | 30°C highs · 10 h sun | Negril, Rincón, Castries |
In season: one of the region's three best months, and good in its own right. Low season: one of its three worst, and well below its best. The reasons compare each month with the region's own year and name the seasons on the ground — monsoon, autumn colour, hurricanes — where most of its places share them.
All 53 places in the Caribbean
- BarranquillaColombiaweather by month →
- BasseterreSaint Kitts and Nevisweather by month →
- BridgetownBarbadosweather by month →
- Cap-HaïtienHaitiweather by month →
- CartagenaColombiaweather by month →
- CastriesSaint Luciaweather by month →
- Cayo CocoCubaweather by month →
- Charlotte AmalieU.S. Virgin Islandsweather by month →
- Fort-de-FranceMartiniqueweather by month →
- George TownCayman Islandsweather by month →
- Great ExumaBahamasweather by month →
- GustaviaSaint Barthélemyweather by month →
- HamiltonBermudaweather by month →
- HavanaCubaweather by month →
- KingstonJamaicaweather by month →
- KingstownSaint Vincent and the Grenadinesweather by month →
- KralendijkBonaireweather by month →
- Little BayMontserratweather by month →
- MarigotSaint Martinweather by month →
- MincaColombiaweather by month →
- Montego BayJamaicaweather by month →
- NassauBahamasweather by month →
- NegrilJamaicaweather by month →
- Ocho RiosJamaicaweather by month →
- OranjestadArubaweather by month →
- Palm BeachArubaweather by month →
- PhilipsburgSint Maartenweather by month →
- Pointe-à-PitreGuadeloupeweather by month →
- Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobagoweather by month →
- Port-au-PrinceHaitiweather by month →
- ProvidencialesTurks and Caicos Islandsweather by month →
- Puerto PlataDominican Republicweather by month →
- Punta CanaDominican Republicweather by month →
- RincónPuerto Ricoweather by month →
- Road TownBritish Virgin Islandsweather by month →
- RoseauDominicaweather by month →
- SamanáDominican Republicweather by month →
- San AndrésColombiaweather by month →
- San JuanPuerto Ricoweather by month →
- Santa MartaColombiaweather by month →
- Santo DomingoDominican Republicweather by month →
- Shoal BayAnguillaweather by month →
- Sint EustatiusSint Eustatiusweather by month →
- SoufrièreSaint Luciaweather by month →
- St. George'sGrenadaweather by month →
- St. John'sAntigua and Barbudaweather by month →
- The BottomSabaweather by month →
- The ValleyAnguillaweather by month →
- TobagoTrinidad and Tobagoweather by month →
- TrinidadCubaweather by month →
- VaraderoCubaweather by month →
- Virgin GordaBritish Virgin Islandsweather by month →
- WillemstadCuraçaoweather by month →
The Caribbean — FAQ
- When is the best time to visit the Caribbean?
- January to April. In March: dry season · 29°C highs · 11 h sun.
- When is the low season in the Caribbean?
- The Caribbean has no month that falls far below the rest of its year; October is the weakest (31°C highs · 10 h sun).
- Which months are in season in the Caribbean?
- January to April — the months among its best that are also good in their own right.