Aruba vs Mauritius

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.

Circular fire pit on wooden deck with palm trees and ocean-view infinity pool beyond at Ambre, A Sunlife Resort.

Aruba and Mauritius, 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 Mauritius
Aruba	Measure	Mauritius
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	17
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$147–$303/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	5 of 17
Outside the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	January–March
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	English & French official; Mauritian Creole everyday
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Mauritian rupee (MUR); cards widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	230V, mainly Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the right	Driving	On the left
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Port Louis / Plaisance (MRU)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~17–20h+ from the US, with at least one connection

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

On the map

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Mauritius
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
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
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
Mauritius · rain (in)	10.4	11.0	9.4	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.3	2.5	1.4	1.6	1.9	6.7

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Island-wide: planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Aruba

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Chains here: Iberostar · Barceló · Renaissance Hotels

Best of Mauritius

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Chains here: Sunlife · LUX* Resorts & Hotels · Heritage Resorts