Americas · Caribbean
British Virgin Islands
One city in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
- Capital
- Road Town
- Currency
- USD
- United States Dollar
- Local time
- Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +1-284
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type A and B
Facts
British Virgin Islands in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Road Town
- Currency
- United States Dollar USDToday's indicative rate: The same as your currencyIndicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: EnglishSpoken: English
- Time zones
- Atlantic Standard TimeUTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +1-284
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type A and B110 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 999general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 39,732 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 153 km²
- Internet domain
- .vg
- Land borders
- None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
When to go
Climate across British Virgin Islands
On these averages, Road Town has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in January to December.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Town | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° |
Mostly sea in the model's grid cell: the highs shown run lower than on land.
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in British Virgin Islands
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in British Virgin Islands
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Medium airports · 1
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to British Virgin Islands
Tell us where in British Virgin Islands, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.