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Best time to visit St Lucia

Saint Lucia · 13.91°N 60.98°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit St Lucia is January to June, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 27 °C81 °F and rainfall runs 88–152 mm3.5–6.0 in a month.

The rainy season runs May to February, and July to December is a true monsoon — 184–296 mm7.2–12 in a month, peaking in October at 296 mm12 in. The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 25–27 °C77–81 °F, warmest in May.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 13.91, -60.98 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

St Lucia weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: January to June.

Open St Lucia on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
25°77°JAN1526.025°77°FEB1044.126°78°MAR883.526°79°APR883.527°81°MAY1124.427°81°JUN1526.027°81°JUL1927.627°81°AUG2329.127°81°SEP2409.427°81°OCT2961226°79°NOV2721126°78°DEC1847.2
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within St Lucia's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January1526.02577rainygood
February1044.12577rainygood
March883.52678showersgood
April883.52679showersgood
May1124.42781rainygood
June1526.02781rainygood
July1927.62781monsoonmonsoon
August2329.12781monsoonmonsoon
September2409.42781monsoonmonsoon
October296122781monsoonmonsoon
November272112679monsoonmonsoon
December1847.22678monsoonmonsoon

When to go to St Lucia, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJanuary to June
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersMarch to April
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in St Lucia?

Yes. The rainy season runs May to February, and July to December is a true monsoon — 184–296 mm7.2–12 in a month, peaking in October at 296 mm12 in. Outside it, rain eases but never stops.

The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 25–27 °C77–81 °F, warmest in May. Annual rainfall totals about 2,112 mm83 in.

Where to go instead when St Lucia doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months St Lucia doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.