Aruba vs Crete

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

Outdoor dining area with white sail shade canopies over wicker chairs and tables, black support columns, and sea views beyond.

Aruba and Crete, 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 Crete
Aruba	Measure	Crete
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
11	Resorts in our catalog	18 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$143–$528/night pp	Nightly rates	$45–$2113/night pp (better)
2 of 11	Adults-only resorts	5 of 18
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	November–February
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest

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

Crete

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Crete
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
Crete · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
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
Crete · rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Crete (north coast): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.