Aruba vs Croatia

Long pool with loungers and umbrellas overlooking Adriatic Sea and forested coastline at Girandella Resort, Valamar Collection.

Aruba and Croatia, 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 Croatia
Aruba	Measure	Croatia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	–
9	Resorts in our catalog	11 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$35–$245/night pp (better)
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	3 of 11
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	October–December
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August for full beach season
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Euro

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

Croatia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Croatia
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
Croatia · high °F	50	52	57	63	72	80	85	85	77	68	58	52
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
Croatia · rain (in)	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9	1.0	1.6	3.2	3.4	4.5	3.8

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