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Travel and Tourism in Saint Lucia
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Saint Lucia.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- Time Difference
- UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Climate
- tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August
- Ethnic Groups
- black 90%, mixed 6%, East Indian 3%, white 1%
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 22 February (1979)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 13 53 N, 60 58 W
- Location
- Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
- Airports
- 2
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
There are two public hospitals and one private hospital in St. Lucia. Victoria Hospital, Castries - Tel No. (758) 452-2421 - is the main hospital. St. Jude's Hospital, George Odlum Stadium, Vieux Fort - Tel No. (758) 454-6041 is the second public hospital. The original St. Jude's Hospital in Vieux Fort was destroyed by fire on September 9, 2009.