Travel Risk Atlas

Sint Maarten

Caribbean · Capital Philipsburg

Each opens that government's own advisory for Sint Maarten — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

20.8 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 74th safest of 220

5 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Sint Maarten separately.

a beach with a lot of people on it
Photo: Tomasz Tomal / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Sint Maarten as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Sint Maarten — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Sint Maarten by its Atlas Risk Score — 21, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Sint Maarten is no specific warning.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryNo specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Crime · estimated
15% of score
43/100
136th of 220
Natural hazards · estimated
10% of score
39/100
114th of 220
Political stability · estimated
10% of score
30/100
71st of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
30/100
118th of 220
Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
21/100
74th of 220
Conflict & terrorism · estimated
15% of score
6/100
62nd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
58th of 220

Biggest factor here: crime. Violent crime levels and how reliably the law is enforced.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
ANG ƒ
Languages
Dutch
English, French
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: Visa free · UK: Visa free
Population
44k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Philipsburg
Driving
On the right
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Basic water access
99%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+1721
GDP per capita
$43k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
2.0m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Philipsburg (the middle of the country — there is no capital in the dataset), over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Sint Maarten:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.