St Lucia, St Lucia
tropical climate · beach · medium crowds · mid prices
🏊 Swimmable sea this month (≥22°C)
St Lucia sits under a tropical sky in St Lucia, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the April peak reaches a 97/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 29°C — a solid base for a beach trip.
September is the heat peak, averaging 30°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around 21°C. The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 68% rain-day odds in September against 40% in April. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on January–December.
Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 29°C highs with 42% rain-day odds, summer 29°C at 63%, autumn 29°C at 64%, and winter 27°C at 48%. Spring wins on the numbers and autumn loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. If your dates are flexible, December buys you 27°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.
Best months to visit St Lucia
Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is April at 97/100, then March at 96 and May at 96. In practice you have flexibility — January–December all stay above a 70 sun score. At the other end, November scores just 91, the weakest month of the year.
For context: in April, St Lucia is drier than 52% of the tropical destinations we track.
Month-by-month breakdown for St Lucia → · More destinations for April →
The live forecast backs this up: of the next 15 days, 6 look mostly clear and 6 carry meaningful rain risk, in a 22–30°C band. Today's cached sun score is 93/100.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 7,089 km | ~9 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 7,157 km | ~9 h 30 | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 6,800 km | ~9 h | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 6,907 km | ~9 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 7,380 km | ~9 h 45 | Find flights → |
Estimates from distance; actual schedules may require a connection.
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct | 30° / 23° | 50% | 16% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 29° / 23° | 95% | 43% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 30° / 23° | 69% | 40% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 29° / 22° | 78% | 49% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 28° / 22° | 80% | 50% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 28° / 23° | 67% | 58% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 30° / 23° | 17% | 52% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 30° / 22° | 59% | 42% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 30° / 22° | 42% | 40% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 29° / 22° | 31% | 30% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 30° / 23° | 19% | 28% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 30° / 22° | 14% | 23% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 30° / 22° | 50% | 22% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 30° / 23° | 28% | 23% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 29° / 23° | 28% | 26% |
St Lucia climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (April highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8° / 21.6° | 41.7% | 49.7% | 95 |
| February | 27.1° / 21.4° | 37.2% | 43.4% | 95 |
| March | 27.8° / 21.7° | 46.6% | 42.7% | 96 |
| April | 28.7° / 22.5° | 57.4% | 40% | 97 |
| May | 29.1° / 23.3° | 64.8% | 43.2% | 96 |
| June | 28.8° / 23.4° | 65.7% | 58.7% | 92 |
| July | 28.7° / 23.4° | 55.4% | 66.8% | 92 |
| August | 29.1° / 23.6° | 54.7% | 64.5% | 92 |
| September | 29.5° / 23.7° | 61.7% | 67.7% | 91 |
| October | 28.8° / 23.4° | 60.4% | 62% | 91 |
| November | 28° / 22.9° | 60% | 61.3% | 91 |
| December | 27.3° / 22.1° | 43.8% | 51.7% | 95 |
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