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Satellite view of Barbara Strand; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Barbara Strand

CuracaoCuracao · Caribbean Sea

12.0675, -68.8528 · Bandariba, 4 km

  • 29°Sea · October
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.0 hSunshine · August
The dot marks Barbara Strand. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Barbara Strand in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.6 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month82 mm in total
  • 23 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.7 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April10 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h41 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h22 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h10 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h13 mm
  5. May27°8 h18 mm
  6. Jun28°9 h22 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h27 mm
  8. Aug28°9 h26 mm
  9. Sep29°9 h45 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h82 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h117 mm
  12. Dec28°8 h64 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 28°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Feb: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Mar: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Apr: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jul: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Aug: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Sep: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Nov: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Dec: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)29°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 41 mmFeb: 22 mmMar: 10 mm10Apr: 13 mmMay: 18 mmJun: 22 mmJul: 27 mmAug: 26 mmSep: 45 mmOct: 82 mmNov: 117 mm117Dec: 64 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 hFeb: 8.7 hMar: 8.8 hApr: 8.4 hMay: 8.2 hJun: 8.6 hJul: 8.8 hAug: 9.0 h9.0Sep: 8.6 hOct: 7.6 hNov: 7.2 h7.2Dec: 7.7 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Barbara Strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Barbara Strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2726274198.230
February2726262248.731
March2726261028.831
April2726271328.430
May2827271838.231
June2827282258.632
July2827282778.830
August2928282669.028
September2928294588.625
Octoberwarmest sea29282982137.623
November292828117147.225
December28272864127.729

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Barbara Strand: Curacao Santa Barbara beach (36699632905)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Barbara Strand: Curacao Spaanse Santa Barbara (36699626795)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Barbara Strand: Santa Barbara Curacaco (213574235)
Photo: Dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER14 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.114 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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