Antigua vs Kenya

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

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

Antigua and Kenya, 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 Kenya
Antigua	Measure	Kenya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$187–$2456/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp (better)
7 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
September–November	Rainy season	Long rains April–May, short rains October–November
December–April	Sweet spot	December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)
English (official)	Language	Swahili & English (both official)
East Caribbean dollar – USD widely accepted	Currency	Kenyan shilling (KES); cards and mobile money common
230V (110V at some hotels), Type A/B plugs	Power	240V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the left	Driving	On the left
V.C. Bird International, St. John's (ANU)	Main airport	Nairobi (NBO); coast via Mombasa (MBA) or Ukunda (UKA)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~15–18h+ from the US, with a connection

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

Kenya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and Kenya
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
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
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
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4

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