US Virgin Islands in August

Storm risk rising.

August is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• DecemberGreatDry season and holiday crowds.
• JanuaryGreatDry and breezy; Crucian Christmas Festival ends on St Croix.
• FebruaryGreatDry; peak sailing and cruise season.
• MarchGreatTransfer Day (31 Mar); spring break.

• All three islands · St Thomas, St John, St Croixstorm or typhoon risk

  27–31 °C (81–88 °F) all year with trade winds; short showers, most rain September–November. Irma and Maria both struck in September 2017.81–88 °F (27–31 °C) all year with trade winds; short showers, most rain September–November. Irma and Maria both struck in September 2017.

• Charlotte Amalie32 °C (90 °F) / 26 °C (79 °F), 17 rain days90 °F (32 °C) / 79 °F (26 °C), 17 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Hurricane season

  Jun–Nov (peak Aug–Oct) · Charlotte Amalie

  Storms can close the airport and ferries for days.

Crowds · US Virgin Islands

Low

Prices · US Virgin Islands

Low

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in US Virgin Islands, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
• A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries

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• All three islands

  27–31 °C (81–88 °F) all year with trade winds; short showers, most rain September–November. Irma and Maria both struck in September 2017.81–88 °F (27–31 °C) all year with trade winds; short showers, most rain September–November. Irma and Maria both struck in September 2017.

• Charlotte Amalie

  Hurricane peak begins; flights and ferries may be cancelled.