Weekly note
Antigua and Barbuda
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Photo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon34°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more6 · 118 mm
Humidity76%
Sunshine10.4 h/day
Daylight11.7 h/day
Beach and sea25 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm good
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at St John's, Antigua, 6 km from the airport (ANU): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

October: quieter than usual. Busiest in December and January; quietest in April and May.

Antigua and Barbuda in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 6 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 76%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Cost of livingmoderate — prices run about 69% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
CurrencyEastern caribbean dollar
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
PlugsType A and B, 230 V
DrivingOn the left
Calling code+1268
Travel advice No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-03-13
HealthUK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in Antigua and Barbuda: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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