Travel Alert Status
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Time Difference
UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Tropical; little seasonal temperature variation
Travel Currency
2.7
Language Spoken
English (official), Antiguan Creole (an English-based creole)
Languages
English (official), local dialects
Ethnic Groups
African descent 87.3%, mixed 4.7%, Hispanic 2.7%, White 1.6%, other 2.7%, unspecified 0.9%
National Holiday
Independence Day, 1 November (1981)
Geographic Coordinates
17 03 N, 61 48 W
Location
The Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico
Airports
2