Antigua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Antigua?

Antigua has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 83 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Antigua?

The hottest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2025, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Antigua?

The coldest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1957, at 8.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Antigua?

Almost never: Antigua sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Antigua warmed?

Yes: Antigua warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Antigua?

The wettest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Antigua?

The windiest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Antigua?

The warmest month in Antigua is September (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Antigua?

Antigua receives on average 83 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Antigua?

Antigua gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Antigua (Spain) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 83 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is September (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Antigua averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 19 rainy days per year.

Antigua has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 10 August 2025) and the coldest 8.2 °C (on 21 January 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AntiguaCanary Islands

coords: 28.42°, -14.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.5°C

Average daily high

22.6°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

83mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

25.1km/h

Seasonal range

6.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

19 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

44.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

47 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.5 °C

10 August 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

21 January 1957

Wettest day

61 mm

24 October 1972

Windiest day

56.3 km/h

29 November 2005

Strongest gust

103.3 km/h

29 November 2005

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

10 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

19 January 1994

Sunniest day

13.8 h

26 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.5 °C10 August 2025	11.5 °C9 February 2025	20.3 °C	59 mm	10
2024	31.7 °C9 November 2024	12.5 °C7 January 2024	20.6 °C	32 mm	5
2023	34.3 °C9 October 2023	10.7 °C16 February 2023	21.0 °C	45 mm	27
2022	33.5 °C26 July 2022	12.1 °C30 January 2022	20.4 °C	112 mm	9
2021	31.2 °C15 August 2021	11.8 °C5 February 2021	19.9 °C	24 mm	4
2020	35.2 °C26 August 2020	10.0 °C22 January 2020	20.4 °C	44 mm	6
2019	28.9 °C17 August 2019	11.6 °C31 December 2019	19.6 °C	40 mm	0
2018	30.2 °C13 September 2018	9.7 °C31 January 2018	19.3 °C	86 mm	1
2017	36.5 °C13 October 2017	11.4 °C26 March 2017	20.2 °C	40 mm	13
2016	31.1 °C5 August 2016	10.8 °C19 February 2016	19.8 °C	86 mm	4
2015	34.9 °C12 May 2015	11.4 °C9 February 2015	19.8 °C	70 mm	9
2014	31.0 °C27 October 2014	11.2 °C1 January 2014	19.5 °C	98 mm	3
2013	34.4 °C20 April 2013	12.5 °C1 March 2013	19.7 °C	64 mm	11
2012	35.2 °C14 May 2012	10.7 °C25 February 2012	19.7 °C	84 mm	12
2011	32.4 °C21 June 2011	11.1 °C15 March 2011	19.8 °C	70 mm	8
2010	33.9 °C2 June 2010	11.8 °C29 January 2010	20.3 °C	62 mm	8
2009	34.7 °C31 July 2009	11.6 °C8 January 2009	19.9 °C	62 mm	6
2008	33.2 °C25 April 2008	11.5 °C1 January 2008	19.6 °C	81 mm	3
2007	33.1 °C29 July 2007	12.0 °C31 December 2007	19.5 °C	116 mm	6
2006	31.8 °C3 April 2006	10.6 °C31 January 2006	19.9 °C	75 mm	6
2005	34.2 °C4 September 2005	10.9 °C1 February 2005	19.5 °C	97 mm	4
2004	35.7 °C25 July 2004	12.6 °C31 March 2004	20.0 °C	102 mm	14
2003	32.1 °C21 May 2003	11.5 °C18 February 2003	19.9 °C	47 mm	3
2002	33.4 °C5 October 2002	12.1 °C25 January 2002	19.6 °C	61 mm	8
2001	33.0 °C26 October 2001	12.0 °C7 February 2001	19.8 °C	41 mm	5
2000	29.2 °C31 July 2000	9.3 °C6 January 2000	19.3 °C	65 mm	0
1999	34.1 °C28 August 1999	10.0 °C12 January 1999	19.2 °C	75 mm	4
1998	30.3 °C25 April 1998	11.7 °C3 December 1998	19.9 °C	62 mm	3
1997	29.6 °C5 November 1997	11.2 °C21 January 1997	20.3 °C	58 mm	0
1996	30.8 °C22 October 1996	11.6 °C10 December 1996	19.6 °C	152 mm	4
1995	33.7 °C18 October 1995	12.2 °C4 February 1995	20.0 °C	55 mm	2
1994	35.9 °C4 July 1994	11.2 °C18 January 1994	19.5 °C	41 mm	6
1993	28.7 °C12 August 1993	11.4 °C11 January 1993	19.0 °C	79 mm	0
1992	28.0 °C27 August 1992	11.4 °C25 January 1992	19.2 °C	47 mm	0
1991	30.1 °C22 May 1991	11.5 °C9 February 1991	19.1 °C	97 mm	1
1990	33.8 °C27 August 1990	12.1 °C5 March 1990	20.0 °C	74 mm	7
1989	30.7 °C28 September 1989	12.0 °C16 January 1989	19.7 °C	189 mm	1
1988	32.5 °C25 October 1988	10.7 °C16 January 1988	19.3 °C	96 mm	7
1987	33.1 °C12 September 1987	10.1 °C5 January 1987	20.0 °C	77 mm	8
1986	31.1 °C6 September 1986	11.4 °C14 December 1986	18.8 °C	41 mm	1
1985	32.2 °C8 November 1985	11.1 °C13 January 1985	19.5 °C	103 mm	5
1984	30.7 °C28 July 1984	11.6 °C26 February 1984	19.1 °C	56 mm	2
1983	33.0 °C13 June 1983	11.4 °C11 February 1983	19.7 °C	53 mm	14
1982	29.9 °C26 July 1982	10.8 °C26 December 1982	19.1 °C	39 mm	0
1981	30.1 °C11 March 1981	11.0 °C13 February 1981	19.4 °C	58 mm	1
1980	33.3 °C6 August 1980	12.1 °C7 January 1980	19.4 °C	99 mm	4
1979	30.1 °C29 July 1979	12.0 °C22 December 1979	19.1 °C	78 mm	2
1978	31.8 °C17 July 1978	12.6 °C25 January 1978	19.3 °C	88 mm	5
1977	30.8 °C30 September 1977	10.4 °C24 February 1977	19.2 °C	107 mm	1
1976	36.5 °C9 August 1976	11.2 °C19 January 1976	19.2 °C	85 mm	11
1975	29.6 °C10 August 1975	11.0 °C26 February 1975	19.0 °C	70 mm	0
1974	31.2 °C6 August 1974	11.5 °C25 February 1974	18.7 °C	77 mm	4
1973	29.8 °C14 August 1973	11.4 °C3 January 1973	19.1 °C	59 mm	0
1972	27.7 °C23 October 1972	10.8 °C28 January 1972	18.4 °C	267 mm	0
1971	34.1 °C13 October 1971	11.8 °C30 December 1971	18.8 °C	121 mm	5
1970	30.7 °C3 May 1970	11.1 °C28 January 1970	19.3 °C	169 mm	3
1969	33.4 °C22 July 1969	12.3 °C16 February 1969	19.7 °C	120 mm	7
1968	31.2 °C29 June 1968	9.4 °C27 March 1968	19.1 °C	107 mm	6
1967	31.4 °C20 July 1967	10.4 °C12 February 1967	19.1 °C	94 mm	4
1966	33.9 °C19 August 1966	11.0 °C19 December 1966	19.6 °C	44 mm	6
1965	30.2 °C28 March 1965	10.2 °C5 February 1965	19.1 °C	95 mm	2
1964	30.6 °C14 May 1964	11.4 °C17 February 1964	19.4 °C	73 mm	1
1963	32.6 °C28 September 1963	10.5 °C28 December 1963	19.3 °C	78 mm	3
1962	33.1 °C31 August 1962	11.9 °C23 February 1962	19.6 °C	78 mm	8
1961	34.0 °C18 August 1961	10.3 °C17 January 1961	20.1 °C	55 mm	11
1960	30.3 °C27 February 1960	9.4 °C20 January 1960	19.2 °C	97 mm	2
1959	32.7 °C17 August 1959	10.9 °C23 January 1959	18.9 °C	66 mm	3
1958	32.9 °C17 October 1958	11.6 °C31 January 1958	19.4 °C	69 mm	7
1957	33.0 °C4 September 1957	8.2 °C21 January 1957	19.0 °C	107 mm	8
1956	35.1 °C2 August 1956	10.2 °C26 December 1956	19.0 °C	155 mm	3
1955	33.1 °C10 May 1955	11.8 °C10 March 1955	20.0 °C	76 mm	5
1954	31.4 °C24 July 1954	9.9 °C7 February 1954	18.7 °C	140 mm	7
1953	35.8 °C20 July 1953	11.2 °C21 February 1953	19.4 °C	175 mm	6
1952	32.6 °C12 July 1952	10.6 °C9 February 1952	19.4 °C	100 mm	9
1951	30.9 °C23 March 1951	11.0 °C18 January 1951	19.1 °C	106 mm	1
1950	28.9 °C11 September 1950	11.9 °C6 January 1950	19.3 °C	109 mm	0
1949	32.5 °C11 August 1949	11.2 °C17 February 1949	19.9 °C	92 mm	10
1948	29.1 °C28 May 1948	10.7 °C4 January 1948	19.5 °C	81 mm	0
1947	35.3 °C25 April 1947	10.7 °C29 December 1947	19.4 °C	61 mm	7
1946	33.9 °C14 September 1946	12.1 °C21 December 1946	19.4 °C	72 mm	8
1945	31.2 °C23 July 1945	9.9 °C25 January 1945	19.6 °C	91 mm	7
1944	30.1 °C1 August 1944	10.3 °C27 February 1944	19.3 °C	109 mm	1
1943	34.9 °C15 May 1943	10.4 °C15 March 1943	19.1 °C	71 mm	6
1942	32.3 °C10 October 1942	10.4 °C23 January 1942	19.4 °C	93 mm	4
1941	35.9 °C6 September 1941	8.7 °C19 January 1941	19.4 °C	72 mm	15
1940	31.3 °C18 March 1940	10.6 °C8 February 1940	19.1 °C	60 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.7 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

59 mm

-24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.0 °C	+1.8 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Feb	21.0 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Mar	21.4 °C	+0.6 °C	16 mm	+8 mm
Apr	22.1 °C	+0.9 °C	13 mm	+7 mm
May	23.2 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jun	24.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	27.1 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Oct	25.3 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Nov	24.1 °C	+1.7 °C	6 mm	-8 mm
Dec	20.7 °C	+0.5 °C	15 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest day

11.5 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

7.1 mm

4 Mar 2025

Windiest day

46.7 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

3 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.4 °C

12 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Antigua?

Antigua has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.5 °C and it receives 83 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Antigua?

The hottest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2025, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Antigua?

The coldest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1957, at 8.2 °C.

Does it snow in Antigua?

Almost never: Antigua sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Antigua warmed?

Yes: Antigua warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Antigua?

The wettest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1972, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Antigua?

The windiest day measured in Antigua between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2005, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Antigua?

The warmest month in Antigua is September (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Antigua?

Antigua receives on average 83 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Antigua?

Antigua gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Antigua?

Yes: Antigua has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Antigua?

In Antigua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 10 August 2025, and the lowest was 3.5 °C on 19 January 1994.

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