Aruba vs Bahia

Aruba and Bahia, 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.

Aruba guide · Bahia guide · How we score

By the numbers

	Aruba	Bahia
U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Resorts in our catalog	10	3
Average guest rating	★ 4.4	★ 4.8
Nightly rates	Under $300–$500/night	$300–$800/night
Adults-only resorts	2 of 10	0 of 3
Hurricane exposure	Outside the hurricane belt	No hurricane season
Rainy season	October–December, and 'rainy' is generous — this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	April–July
Sweet spot	Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	September–March (southern-hemisphere spring and summer)

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

Weather, month by month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Aruba — high °F	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	89	87	85
Bahia — high °F	86	87	86	84	82	80	79	79	81	83	84	85
Aruba — rain (in)	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	3.7	3.2
Bahia — rain (in)	2.7	3.9	6.1	10.9	10.5	8.5	6.9	4.4	3.3	3.9	4.1	4.9

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Bahia coast (Salvador) — planning guidance, not a forecast.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Aruba

Chains here: Divi Resorts · RIU Hotels & Resorts · Barceló

Full Aruba guide

Best of Bahia

Chains here: Palladium Hotel Group · Iberostar · Tivoli

Full Bahia guide

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