Aruba vs Indonesia

Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa's yellow-lit beachfront buildings with thatched roofs and palm trees at dusk, lounge chairs on patios overlooking a grass lawn.

A rectangular pool with a stone fountain centerpiece is flanked by blue loungers and umbrellas, facing a traditional Balinese pavilion with orange-tiled roofs at Ayodya Resort Bali.

Aruba and Indonesia, 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 Indonesia
Aruba	Measure	Indonesia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	11
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$60–$162/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 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	November–March
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	April–October
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	Indonesian (English common in tourist areas)
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Indonesian rupiah (IDR); cash still rules
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	230V, Type C/F plugs (bring an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the left
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Denpasar / Ngurah Rai (DPS)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~22–26h from the US with one or two stops

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

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Indonesia
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
Indonesia · high °F	88	88	88	88	87	86	84	84	86	88	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
Indonesia · rain (in)	13.6	10.9	8.3	3.5	2.7	2.1	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	7.0	11.4