Antigua vs Turks & Caicos

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

White modern villa with turquoise pool overlooking ocean beach at Ambergris Cay, with lounge chairs and covered patio seating.

Antigua and Turks & Caicos, 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 Turks & Caicos
Antigua	Measure	Turks & Caicos
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$187–$2456/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$333–$2073/night pp
7 of 9	Adults-only resorts	1 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
September–November	Rainy season	September–December, and even then it's one of the drier corners of the Caribbean
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April, with May–June a good-value shoulder
English (official)	Language	English
East Caribbean dollar – USD widely accepted	Currency	U.S. dollar (official)
230V (110V at some hotels), Type A/B plugs	Power	120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)
On the left	Driving	On the left
V.C. Bird International, St. John's (ANU)	Main airport	Providenciales (PLS)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~1.5–3.5h 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

Turks & Caicos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and Turks & Caicos
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
Turks & Caicos · high °F	81	81	83	84	87	89	90	90	89	87	84	82
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
Turks & Caicos · rain (in)	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.5

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Providenciales: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.