Curaçao vs U.S. Virgin Islands

Striped lounge chairs line the pool deck at Sandals Royal Curaçao, a white colonial-style building with manicured grounds under clear blue sky.

Curved turquoise pool with wooden bar structure and blue umbrellas, overlooking beach and calm Caribbean waters at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort.

U.S. Virgin Islands1 resort · ★ 4.4 average

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

Curaçao compared with U.S. Virgin Islands
Curaçao	Measure	U.S. Virgin Islands
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	–
5 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$164–$1142/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$218–$220/night pp
2 of 5	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
Outside the hurricane belt (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, still modest by Caribbean standards	Rainy season	September–November
Year-round; May–November is the value window	Sweet spot	December–April
Caribbean guilder – USD widely accepted	Currency	U.S. dollar; U.S. phone plans work
On the right	Driving	On 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. 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

Curaçao

U.S. Virgin Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Curaçao and U.S. Virgin Islands
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Curaçao · high °F	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	89	87	85
U.S. Virgin Islands · high °F	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	88	86	85
Curaçao · rain (in)	1.9	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.9	3.7
U.S. Virgin Islands · rain (in)	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	3.0

Approximate climate normals for West-coast beaches and St. Croix / St. Thomas: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.