The climate in Curacao
Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesAll climatic diagrams of this site are taken from the collected data from the official weather station of Curacao at an altitude of 9m above sea level. All data correspond to the average monthly values of the last 20 years.
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Climate zone: tropics
High humidity in Curacao and high temperatures are causing a pleasant weather at times, but also and partly tropical hot and humid. It is warm to hot all year round and invites to bathe at average water temperatures of 27 degrees. Dued to the lesser rain the best time for traveling is from March to August. Most precipitation decrease from October to January.
› Duration of daylight and sunshine in Curacao
hours of sunshine per day
rainy days per month
Precipitation in mm/day
Water temperature
Relative humidity in %
Absolute humidity in g/m³ (approx.)
Long-term development of temperatures from 1981 - 2019
In contrast to single record values, a long-term development cannot simply be brought about by all weather stations in the country. Both the number and the locations are constantly changing. A simply calculated average value would give a falsified result. If several measuring stations in particularly cold mountain or coastal regions are added in one year, the average would already decrease as a result of this alone. If a station fails during the summer or winter months, it does not provide any values and falsifies the average again. The subsequent long-term development was therefore reduced to only 1 measuring points in order to have actually comparable data over as long a period as possible.In the years 1981 to 2019 there were only these 1 weather stations in the whole country, which reported continuous temperature values (Hato Intern). From these weather reports we have created a long-term development that shows the monthly average temperatures. The hottest month in this entire period was 1998 with 30.7 °C. 2011 was the coldest month with an average temperature of 25.5 °C.
The average annual temperature was about 27.7 °C in the years after 1981 and about 28.1 °C in the last years before 2019. It has therefore increased only slightly by about 0.4 °C over the past 39 years. This trend only applies to the selected 1 weather stations in Curacao. A considerably more comprehensive evaluation of the global warming has been provided separately.
More detailed information on global warming with a view by continent can also be found on our topic page on climate change. Data basis: German Weather Service, individual values averaged and supplemented by own elements.