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St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

St. John's

Antigua and BarbudaAw
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St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda coordinate map

St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda at a glance

Local time   · America/Antigua
Today
Thunderstorm31° / 27°

2.8 mm rain forecast

Travel basics
Tap water
Use bottled or filtered
Electricity
230V/60Hz · Type A / B
Drives on
Left
Currency
XCD $
Language
English
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
22K
Elevation
0 m
Climate
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Founded
English settlement grew from 1632; city status 1842

Why visit

St. John's is the Antigua entry for harbor life, markets, beaches, cruise traffic, and routes toward Nelson's Dockyard. It works when the island trip needs a practical capital day.

When to avoid

Do not assume St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda can be handled as one tight circuit of adjacent stops. Use St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda with a little spare time rather than a rigid chain of bookings. Use St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda with room for Sunday closures, holidays, queues, traffic, and cross-town movement. For St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, check the plan carefully when useful sites sit in different districts or keep different hours.

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The next week in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Thunderstorm
31° / 27°
2.8 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
31° / 26°
0.6 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Drizzle
32° / 27°
UV Very high
Fri
Drizzle
31° / 26°
0.7 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Thunderstorm
31° / 27°
3.0 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
30° / 27°
4.5 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
31° / 27°
2.1 mm
UV Very high

Climate

Wet season (Jul-Nov)

About 63% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 29°C, lows around 28°C.

Dry season (Dec-Jun)

About 59mm of rain a month, against 140mm in the wet season.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
29° / 28°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
05:50 – 18:33local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest ANU · 6 km

About St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

St. John's is the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, located on Antigua's northwest coast. It is the country's main port, commercial center, and government seat.

Area
10 km²
Demonym
Antiguan; Barbudan; St. John's resident
Mayor
No separate municipal mayor; capital functions are handled through national and parish governance
Airport codes
ANU
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The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: .
JFMAMJJASOND31°23°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

Wikidata
, Open-Elevation
, IANA Time Zone Database
, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.