Weekly note

Where to go in The Caribbean in January

6 of the 6 destinations in The Caribbean are in season in January: 0 a sweet spot, 5 good, 1 ok.

None of these has January as a sweet spot; the 5 labelled good are the best of the month: Aruba, Curaçao, The Bahamas, Jamaica and Barbados.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Aruba Aruba good 29° 1d 29C max, 1 rainy day
2 Curaçao Curaçao good 29° 1d 29C max, 1 rainy day
3 The Bahamas The Bahamas good 25° 3d 25C max, 3 rainy days
4 Jamaica Jamaica good 28° 4d 28C max, 4 rainy days
5 Barbados Barbados goodbusy 28° 2d busier than usual
6 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico okbusy 28° 4d busier than usual

Other months for The Caribbean

January elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about The Caribbean as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.