Country guide
Puerto Rico
Old San Juan's blue-cobbled forts, bioluminescent bays and El Yunque rainforest, with salsa till late.
Currency
USD
Language
Spanish
+ English
English
Widely spoken
Payment
Cards everywhere
Power
Type A / B
120 V, 60 Hz
Dialing
+1-787
Destinations
Ponce
The island's grandest old city, sunnier and slower than San Juan, with a firehouse striped like a circus tent at its centre.
✓ best Dec-AugSan Juan
A walled Spanish colonial city with the Atlantic at its door, city beaches down the road and salsa in the square after dark.
✓ best Feb-MarVieques
Mosquito Bay, often called the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world, plus beaches kept wild by six decades as a Navy range.
✓ best Dec-JunClimate zones, month by month
Puerto Rico has 3 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Ponce South Coast →
✓ Best Dec-Aug
Watch for Jun-Nov cyclones & hurricanes risk
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San Juan →
✓ Best Feb-Mar
Watch for Jun-Nov cyclones & hurricanes risk
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Vieques →
✓ Best Dec-Jun
Watch for Jun-Nov cyclones & hurricanes risk
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