Aruba vs Balearic Islands

Turquoise pool with loungers and fire pits on sand deck, surrounded by curved resort building with white cabanas and green-roofed central structure.

Beige resort buildings with arched balconies overlook a palm-lined beach and turquoise Mediterranean water under clear sky.

Balearic Islands13 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

Aruba and Balearic Islands, 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

Aruba compared with Balearic Islands
Aruba	Measure	Balearic Islands
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
11	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$64–$347/night pp (better)
2 of 11	Adults-only resorts	4 of 13
Outside the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	September–November brings the odd storm; many resorts close from November to March
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	June and September for warmth without peak crowds; July–August for full beach season

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

Aruba

Balearic Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Balearic Islands
Measure	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
Balearic Islands · high °F	60	61	64	68	74	81	87	87	81	74	66	61
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
Balearic Islands · rain (in)	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.5	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.0	2.7	2.2	2.0

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Palma de Mallorca: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.