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Curaçao vs U.S. Virgin Islands

Curaçao and U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.

Curaçao guide · U.S. Virgin Islands guide · How we score

By the numbers

CuraçaoU.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. travel advisoryLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Resorts in our catalog02
Average guest rating★ 3.5
Nightly rates
Adults-only resorts0 of 02 of 2
Hurricane exposureOutside the hurricane beltIn the hurricane belt
Rainy seasonOctober–December, still modest by Caribbean standardsSeptember–November
Sweet spotYear-round; May–November is the value windowDecember–April
CurrencyCaribbean guilder – USD widely acceptedU.S. dollar; U.S. phone plans work
DrivingOn the rightOn the left — in U.S.-spec cars

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

Weather, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Curaçao — high °F858586878889899090898785
U.S. Virgin Islands — high °F848485868788898989888685
Curaçao — rain (in)1.91.10.60.60.70.81.41.31.73.03.93.7
U.S. Virgin Islands — rain (in)2.01.51.52.53.52.52.53.55.55.55.03.0

Approximate climate normals for West-coast beaches and St. Croix / St. Thomas — planning guidance, not a forecast.

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