Charlotte Amalie climate
Charlotte Amalie is warmest in September, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 24 °C. September is the wettest month (135 mm) and February the driest (21 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Charlotte Amalie averages 858 mm of rain and 338 days above 25 °C.
U.S. Virgin Islands · 6 m elevation · population 20,000 · 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 28 °C
- Coldest month February 24 °C
- Driest month February 21 mm
- Wettest month September 135 mm
- Least cloud February 29 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 30 °C
- Coldest on record February 21 °C
- Warmest sea September 29 °C
What to expectCharlotte Amalie through the year
Charlotte Amalie changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 25 and 28 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 338 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 135 mm against 21 mm in February — 6.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Charlotte Amalie 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 | 25.5 °C | 29 mm | 30 % |
| February | 25.3 °C | 21 mm | 29 % |
| March | 25.3 °C | 22 mm | 33 % |
| April | 25.9 °C | 36 mm | 38 % |
| May | 26.7 °C | 76 mm | 57 % |
| June | 27.5 °C | 57 mm | 56 % |
| July | 27.8 °C | 82 mm | 50 % |
| August | 28.1 °C | 102 mm | 52 % |
| September | 28.1 °C | 135 mm | 59 % |
| October | 27.8 °C | 127 mm | 55 % |
| November | 27.1 °C | 121 mm | 46 % |
| December | 26.2 °C | 49 mm | 36 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 27.0 °C | 21.4 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 25.3 °C | 24.1 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.8 °C | 21.3 °C | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 25.3 °C | 24.1 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.5 °C | 21.7 °C | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 25.9 °C | 24.6 °C | 25.3 °C | 28.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26.7 °C | 25.3 °C | 26.1 °C | 28.8 °C | 22.7 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 27.5 °C | 26.1 °C | 26.9 °C | 29.2 °C | 24.1 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 27.8 °C | 26.2 °C | 27.1 °C | 29.1 °C | 24.3 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 28.1 °C | 26.5 °C | 27.4 °C | 29.5 °C | 24.7 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 28.1 °C | 26.4 °C | 27.4 °C | 29.4 °C | 24.2 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 27.8 °C | 26.2 °C | 27.1 °C | 29.6 °C | 24.0 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 27.1 °C | 25.6 °C | 26.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 23.2 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 26.2 °C | 24.9 °C | 25.6 °C | 28.1 °C | 22.4 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 30 % | 77 % | 30 km/h | 26.4 °C |
| February | 21 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 76 % | 30 km/h | 26.1 °C |
| March | 22 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 33 % | 76 % | 28 km/h | 26.1 °C |
| April | 36 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 38 % | 78 % | 27 km/h | 26.7 °C |
| May | 76 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 80 % | 27 km/h | 27.4 °C |
| June | 57 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 81 % | 29 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| July | 82 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 50 % | 81 % | 31 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| August | 102 mm | 17 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 81 % | 30 km/h | 28.6 °C |
| September | 135 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 59 % | 81 % | 27 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| October | 127 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 25 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| November | 121 mm | 16 | 11 h/day | 46 % | 80 % | 28 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| December | 49 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 78 % | 30 km/h | 27.2 °C |
How Charlotte Amalie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Amalie | 28 °C | 24 °C | 858 mm | 338 |
| Road Town · British Virgin Islands | 28 °C | 24 °C | 825 mm | 336 |
| Carolina · Puerto Rico | 31 °C | 21 °C | 1,200 mm | 364 |
| San Juan · Puerto Rico | 31 °C | 21 °C | 903 mm | 364 |
| Gustavia · Saint Barthelemy | 28 °C | 24 °C | 757 mm | 342 |
| Basseterre · Saint Kitts and Nevis | 29 °C | 24 °C | 807 mm | 357 |
| Plymouth · Montserrat | 29 °C | 24 °C | 775 mm | 361 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Charlotte Amalie’s climate
When is the best time to visit Charlotte Amalie?
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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Charlotte Amalie get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 24 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Charlotte Amalie?
September, averaging 135 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 21 mm. The year as a whole averages 858 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 Charlotte Amalie 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
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.