St. Lucia vs U.S. Virgin Islands

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

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

St. Lucia 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.

St. Lucia guide · U.S. Virgin Islands guide · How we score

By the numbers

St. Lucia compared with U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Lucia	Measure	U.S. Virgin Islands
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
16 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$89–$810/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$218–$220/night pp
8 of 16	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–November, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	September–November
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
East Caribbean dollar; USD widely accepted	Currency	U.S. dollar; U.S. phone plans work
On the left	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

St. Lucia

U.S. Virgin Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for St. Lucia and U.S. Virgin Islands
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
U.S. Virgin Islands · high °F	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	88	86	85
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
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 Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière) and St. Croix / St. Thomas: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.