Kralendijk climate

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Kralendijk is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 25 °C. November is the wettest month (136 mm) and March the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kralendijk averages 694 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

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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 17 mm
Wettest month November 136 mm
Least cloud January 35 % cloud
Hottest on record September 32 °C
Coldest on record January 22 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectKralendijk through the year

Kralendijk 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, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 136 mm against 17 mm in March — 8.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kralendijk is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 27 °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	27.0 °C	37 mm	35 %
February	27.1 °C	19 mm	36 %
March	27.4 °C	17 mm	45 %
April	27.9 °C	29 mm	66 %
May	28.5 °C	33 mm	69 %
June	28.5 °C	48 mm	62 %
July	28.4 °C	58 mm	55 %
August	28.9 °C	57 mm	52 %
September	29.3 °C	72 mm	61 %
October	28.8 °C	109 mm	64 %
November	28.0 °C	136 mm	59 %
December	27.4 °C	78 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	27.0 °C	25.0 °C	26.0 °C	29.1 °C	22.3 °C	31	0
February	27.1 °C	24.9 °C	25.9 °C	29.1 °C	22.8 °C	28	0
March	27.4 °C	25.1 °C	26.1 °C	29.5 °C	23.0 °C	31	0
April	27.9 °C	25.7 °C	26.7 °C	30.0 °C	23.7 °C	30	0
May	28.5 °C	26.3 °C	27.2 °C	30.3 °C	24.1 °C	31	0
June	28.5 °C	26.3 °C	27.4 °C	30.3 °C	24.6 °C	30	0
July	28.4 °C	26.2 °C	27.3 °C	31.3 °C	24.2 °C	31	1
August	28.9 °C	26.6 °C	27.8 °C	31.7 °C	24.7 °C	31	3
September	29.3 °C	26.9 °C	28.1 °C	32.3 °C	24.9 °C	30	5
October	28.8 °C	26.6 °C	27.7 °C	31.4 °C	24.3 °C	31	2
November	28.0 °C	25.9 °C	27.0 °C	30.8 °C	24.1 °C	30	0
December	27.4 °C	25.5 °C	26.4 °C	30.3 °C	22.8 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	37 mm	10	11 h/day	35 %	79 %	34 km/h	26.8 °C
February	19 mm	5	12 h/day	36 %	77 %	35 km/h	26.5 °C
March	17 mm	5	12 h/day	45 %	78 %	34 km/h	26.5 °C
April	29 mm	6	12 h/day	66 %	80 %	33 km/h	26.8 °C
May	33 mm	7	13 h/day	69 %	81 %	34 km/h	27.3 °C
June	48 mm	11	13 h/day	62 %	81 %	36 km/h	27.6 °C
July	58 mm	13	13 h/day	55 %	81 %	34 km/h	27.8 °C
August	57 mm	13	13 h/day	52 %	81 %	32 km/h	28.4 °C
September	72 mm	14	12 h/day	61 %	80 %	31 km/h	28.8 °C
October	109 mm	18	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	29 km/h	28.8 °C
November	136 mm	20	12 h/day	59 %	82 %	29 km/h	28.5 °C
December	78 mm	15	11 h/day	46 %	80 %	32 km/h	27.7 °C

How Kralendijk 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
Kralendijk	29 °C	25 °C	694 mm	365
Willemstad · Curacao	29 °C	25 °C	722 mm	365
Coro · Venezuela	35 °C	23 °C	458 mm	365
Puerto Cabello · Venezuela	30 °C	24 °C	1,935 mm	365
Oranjestad · Aruba	29 °C	25 °C	552 mm	365
San Felipe · Venezuela	31 °C	21 °C	1,249 mm	362
Valencia · Venezuela	29 °C	20 °C	1,818 mm	359

Where Kralendijk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in April	18th of 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in the world in March	32nd of 50	96/100
The warmest places in North America in December	41st of 50	27 °C
The warmest places in North America in January	41st of 50	27 °C
Best beach destinations in the world in May	42nd of 50	90/100
The warmest places in North America in November	49th of 50	28 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kralendijk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kralendijk?

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 Kralendijk get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °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 Kralendijk?

November, averaging 136 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is March with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 694 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 Kralendijk 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
Data point: 12.150°, -68.267° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.