When to go · Port of Spain
Port of Spain in August
Mixed month. Wet; Emancipation Day Aug 1.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Crowds
- Medium
- Trinidad and Tobago overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Trinidad and Tobago overall
Verdict
Wet; Emancipation Day Aug 1.
Weather in August
- Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago · Port of Spain, Northern Range, Maracas, the southrainy
Dry season January–May; wet season June–December with heavy afternoon rain and flooding in low areas. Sits south of the main hurricane track, though storms can pass close.
Festivals and holidays
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.
Wet season
Jun–Dec
Heavy downpours and local flooding; tropical storms possible.
Emancipation Day
1 Aug · Trinidad and Tobago
Processions in Port of Spain.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Trinidad and Tobago overall
- Medium
- Prices · Trinidad and Tobago overall
- Medium
Trinidad and Tobago overall: Emancipation (1 Aug) and Independence (31 Aug); local holiday crowds in Tobago.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast