According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Barbados is January to March. Plan 5–7 days.
Best months for Barbados
- Best months
- January to March
- How long to stay
- 5–7 days
- Continent
- North & Central America
What Barbados is best for
White-sand beaches in Carlisle Bay, colonial rum distilleries, and the vibrant Oistins Friday fish fry.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Barbados by month
Monthly averages around Bridgetown; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 26 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| February best | about 26 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| March best | about 26 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| April | about 27 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| May | about 28 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| July | about 28 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| August | about 28 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| September | about 28 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| October | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (129 mm) |
| November | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| December | about 27 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Barbados
- Capital
- Bridgetown
- Language
- English
- Currency
- Barbadian Dollar (BBD)
- Time
- UTC−4
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 115 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +1 246
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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