Antigua vs St. Lucia

Aerial view of Hammock Cove Antigua with pools, beach loungers, wooden pier, and turquoise water with moored floats.

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Antigua and St. Lucia, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Antigua compared with St. Lucia
Antigua	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	17 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$187–$2456/night pp	Nightly rates	$87–$810/night pp (better)
7 of 9	Adults-only resorts	8 of 17
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
September–November	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
English (official)	Language	English
East Caribbean dollar – USD widely accepted	Currency	East Caribbean dollar; USD widely accepted
230V (110V at some hotels), Type A/B plugs	Power	240V, UK-style Type G plugs
On the left	Driving	On the left
V.C. Bird International, St. John's (ANU)	Main airport	Hewanorra (UVF)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~4.5–5h from the US East Coast

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Antigua

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and St. Lucia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	87	87	88	88	87	85	83
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
Antigua · rain (in)	2.6	1.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	2.5	3.0	3.9	4.9	5.5	5.5	3.5
St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.