Curacao Geography
Climate
Located
in the tropics, just 12 degrees from the equator, Curaçao has a warm,
sunny climate year round. The average temperature is about 27°C (in the mid
80s). The rainy season, October to February, is usually marked by short,
occasional showers, mostly at night, and continued sunny weather by day. Total
annual rainfall averages only 570 mm (22 inches). Curaçao is outside the
hurricane belt; only three hurricanes have come near the island in the last
century. Occasionally, a tropical storm brewing elsewhere in the Caribbean can
cause uncharacteristically cloudy weather for a day or two.
Location
Curaçao is located in the southwestern Caribbean, at 'altitude 12' north
and longitude 68' west. The island is just 70 km (44 miles) north of South
America. It is 2,5 hours by air from Miami.
Population
Curaçao
has 150,000 inhabitants; 40 to 50 different nationalities live on the island.
Size
444 square kilometers
(182 square miles); 61 km long: 5-14 km wide.
Timezone
Curaçao is
on Atlantic Standard Time: one hour later than US Standard Time (the same time
as Daylight Savings Time) and four hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time.