Caribbean Temperatures - Current and Monthly Chart by Island

By Scott Bateman

Today's HighTemperatures
Location	F	C	Location	F	C
Antigua	83°	28°	Aruba	88°	31°
Barbados	83°	29°	Cancun	90°	32°
Cozumel	92°	33°	Grand Cayman	91°	33°
Montego Bay	90°	32°	Nassau	89°	31°
Punta Cana	87°	31°	San Juan	85°	29°
St. Maarten	85°	29°	St. Thomas	84°	29°

Weather by Month
January	February	March
April	May	June
July	August	September
October	November	December

• Caribbean forecasts
• Eastern weather
• Western weather
• Cruise weather

Average Caribbean temperatures vary little in the southern and western regions, but they vary quite a bit in the east.

The eastern region usually includes the Bahamas for the sake of eastern Caribbean cruises, even though the Bahamas aren't actually located in the Caribbean Sea.

But they share a great deal with the rest of the Caribbean. The same is true of Bermuda, which lies even more north of the Bahamas.

The chart below shows historical high temperatures by month for many major Caribbean destinations.

Click on a destination below to get a 7-day forecast.

Caribbean Temperature Chart
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua	82	82	83	84	85	86	87	87	87	86	85	83
Aruba	86	87	87	88	89	90	89	90	91	90	90	87
Bahamas	77	77	79	82	85	87	89	89	88	85	82	79
Barbados	83	83	84	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	84
Belize	82	82	85	87	89	88	88	88	87	86	84	82
Bermuda	69	68	69	71	75	81	85	86	84	79	75	71
Cancun	82	83	85	88	90	91	92	92	90	87	85	82
Cayman Is	87	86	87	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	90	87
Costa Rica	83	75	77	78	79	78	76	77	78	77	75	74
Cozumel	83	84	87	89	90	90	90	91	89	87	85	83
Curacao	85	86	86	88	88	89	89	90	90	89	88	86
Dominica	82	82	83	84	85	86	86	86	86	84	85	83
Dominican Rep.	81	81	82	83	85	86	86	87	87	86	84	82
Havana	78	79	81	83	85	86	88	88	87	84	81	79
Honduras	78	81	85	86	86	83	82	83	83	81	78	77
Guadeloupe	84	84	84	86	87	88	88	88	88	88	86	85
Jamaica	82	82	83	85	86	87	88	88	88	86	85	83
Martinique	82	83	83	85	86	86	86	86	87	86	85	84
San Juan	83	83	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	85	83
St. Lucia	87	83	84	85	87	87	86	87	87	87	86	84
St. Maarten	82	83	83	85	86	86	86	86	87	86	85	84
St. Thomas	85	85	86	87	88	89	90	90	90	89	87	86
Trinidad	87	88	90	91	91	88	88	89	90	90	88	88

A few destinations are worth noting.

Bahamas. The islands are located east to southeast of Florida, are not technically part of the Caribbean but often are the first stop of many eastern Caribbean cruises.
Bermuda. This British overseas territory is actually located east of North Carolina.
Costa Rica. Temperatures are cooler in the mountainous interior and warmer on the coast.

Temperatures in the southern Caribbean are slightly warmer during the winter, which is why Aruba, Barbados, Curacao and other nearby islands are popular during that time of year.

Water Temperatures

Water temperatures average about midway between the high and low temperatures of the day.

They typically will be about three to five degrees cooler than the air temperature and reach their high point around early to mid afternoon.

Southern destinations will have the warmest water temperatures year round because they are closest to the equator.

Trade Winds

Trade winds create a wind chill factor in the Caribbean like everywhere else. The winds are strongest coming from the east.

As a result, it is wise to consider staying in a hotel, villa or resot on the eastern side of a destination during the summer and the western side during the winter if the winter location is cooler than most.

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