Oranjestad climate

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Oranjestad is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 25 °C. November is the wettest month (132 mm) and March the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Oranjestad averages 552 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Aruba · 5 m elevation · population 29,998 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 29 °C
Coldest month February 25 °C
Driest month March 14 mm
Wettest month November 132 mm
Least cloud January 34 % cloud
Hottest on record September 34 °C
Coldest on record January 22 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectOranjestad through the year

Oranjestad changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 132 mm against 14 mm in March — 9.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Oranjestad is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.9 °C	33 mm	34 %
February	27.0 °C	17 mm	34 %
March	27.3 °C	14 mm	44 %
April	27.8 °C	20 mm	66 %
May	28.4 °C	28 mm	71 %
June	28.6 °C	22 mm	61 %
July	28.5 °C	25 mm	53 %
August	29.1 °C	28 mm	51 %
September	29.4 °C	64 mm	63 %
October	28.9 °C	103 mm	65 %
November	28.1 °C	132 mm	60 %
December	27.4 °C	66 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.9 °C	25.0 °C	25.9 °C	30.0 °C	22.2 °C	31	0
February	27.0 °C	24.9 °C	25.8 °C	29.6 °C	22.7 °C	28	0
March	27.3 °C	25.1 °C	26.1 °C	30.0 °C	22.7 °C	31	0
April	27.8 °C	25.7 °C	26.6 °C	31.5 °C	23.2 °C	30	1
May	28.4 °C	26.2 °C	27.2 °C	31.3 °C	24.0 °C	31	3
June	28.6 °C	26.4 °C	27.4 °C	31.4 °C	24.6 °C	30	3
July	28.5 °C	26.3 °C	27.3 °C	32.9 °C	24.2 °C	31	3
August	29.1 °C	26.8 °C	27.8 °C	33.8 °C	24.5 °C	31	4
September	29.4 °C	26.9 °C	28.1 °C	33.9 °C	24.2 °C	30	4
October	28.9 °C	26.5 °C	27.7 °C	32.5 °C	23.8 °C	31	3
November	28.1 °C	25.9 °C	27.0 °C	31.4 °C	23.8 °C	30	1
December	27.4 °C	25.5 °C	26.4 °C	31.5 °C	22.8 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	33 mm	10	11 h/day	34 %	79 %	36 km/h	26.2 °C
February	17 mm	5	12 h/day	34 %	78 %	37 km/h	26.0 °C
March	14 mm	4	12 h/day	44 %	78 %	36 km/h	26.1 °C
April	20 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	36 km/h	26.5 °C
May	28 mm	5	13 h/day	71 %	81 %	36 km/h	27.1 °C
June	22 mm	5	13 h/day	61 %	81 %	40 km/h	27.4 °C
July	25 mm	7	13 h/day	53 %	81 %	38 km/h	27.4 °C
August	28 mm	7	13 h/day	51 %	81 %	36 km/h	28.0 °C
September	64 mm	11	12 h/day	63 %	80 %	33 km/h	28.6 °C
October	103 mm	17	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	31 km/h	28.6 °C
November	132 mm	19	12 h/day	60 %	81 %	31 km/h	28.2 °C
December	66 mm	14	11 h/day	46 %	79 %	34 km/h	27.3 °C

How Oranjestad compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Oranjestad	29 °C	25 °C	552 mm	365
Coro · Venezuela	35 °C	23 °C	458 mm	365
Willemstad · Curacao	29 °C	25 °C	722 mm	365
Kralendijk · Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	29 °C	25 °C	694 mm	365
Maracaibo · Venezuela	33 °C	24 °C	1,069 mm	365
Maicao · Colombia	33 °C	24 °C	903 mm	365
San Felipe · Venezuela	31 °C	21 °C	1,249 mm	362

Where Oranjestad ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in April	9thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world in May	16thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in March	17thof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	23rdof 50	86/100
The warmest places in North America in December	42ndof 50	27 °C
The warmest places in North America in November	42ndof 50	28 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Oranjestad.

QuestionsCommon questions about Oranjestad’s climate

When is the best time to visit Oranjestad?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Oranjestad get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 25 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Oranjestad?

November, averaging 132 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is March with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 552 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Oranjestad rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.