Curaçao
1 city
Climate overview
Curaçao lies at 12°10′N as a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, approximately 65 km off the Venezuelan coast in the southern Caribbean (Leeward Antilles). The island covers 444 km² of low hilly terrain rising to Sint Christoffelberg at 372 m in western Christoffelpark. It experiences a hot semi-arid (BSh) climate, atypically dry for a Caribbean island because it lies north of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in an area where the trade winds blow parallel to the coast.
Willemstad sees highs of 30°C and nights of 25°C in January and highs of 33°C and nights of 27°C in September with only around 550 mm rainfall sharply concentrated in an October–December rainy season. Daily maxima stay near 30–33°C thanks to constant trade-wind ventilation. Relative humidity averages around 77%.
The island lies south of the main Atlantic hurricane belt and direct hits are rare, with Tomas (2010), which brushed past as a tropical storm, among the few notable impacts. ENSO modulates the rainy season. Freshwater scarcity is structural: Curaçao relies almost entirely on desalination. Sea-level rise and coral bleaching threaten its coasts.
Comparing the last decade against the 1940–1970 baseline, mean temperatures across these cities have risen by about 0.7°C.
How the climate has shifted in Curaçao
Average across 1 city with full ERA5 coverage: 1940–1970 baseline vs the last decade (2016–2025).
- Annual mean temperature
- 26.1°C→26.9°C
- Days above 30°C per year
- 0 days→0 days+0
- Frost days per year
- 0 days→0 days+0
- Tropical nights (≥20°C) per year
- 365 nights→365 nights+0
What's unusual right now
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Running warm
Warmest in Curaçao right now
Coolest in Curaçao right now
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