Antigua vs French Polynesia

Aerial view of Hammock Cove Antigua with pools, beach loungers, wooden pier, and turquoise water with moored floats.

Four Seasons Bora Bora villa with thatched roof bungalow, private pool, palm trees, and white lounge chairs under umbrellas.

French Polynesia2 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Antigua and French Polynesia, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Antigua compared with French Polynesia
Antigua	Measure	French Polynesia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$187–$2456/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$667–$1631/night pp
7 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk (better)
September–November	Rainy season	November–April
December–April	Sweet spot	May–October (dry season; also peak overwater-bungalow pricing)
English (official)	Language	French & Tahitian (English at resorts)
East Caribbean dollar – USD widely accepted	Currency	CFP franc (XPF) – US dollars not widely used
230V (110V at some hotels), Type A/B plugs	Power	220V, Type C/E plugs (bring an adapter)
On the left	Driving	On the right
V.C. Bird International, St. John's (ANU)	Main airport	Tahiti–Papeete (PPT), then a flight to Bora Bora (BOB)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~8h nonstop from the US West Coast (LAX–PPT)

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Antigua

French Polynesia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and French Polynesia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	87	87	88	88	87	85	83
French Polynesia · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
Antigua · rain (in)	2.6	1.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	2.5	3.0	3.9	4.9	5.5	5.5	3.5
French Polynesia · rain (in)	13.2	9.6	6.7	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	3.5	8.3	12.5

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Tahiti / Bora Bora: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.