Aruba vs Bora Bora

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

Aruba and Bora Bora, 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.

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By the numbers

Aruba compared with Bora Bora
Aruba	Measure	Bora Bora
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$143–$332/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$667–$1631/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
Outside the hurricane belt (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	November–April
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)

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

Bora Bora

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Bora Bora
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
Bora Bora · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
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
Bora Bora · 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 Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Bora Bora lagoon: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.