Aruba vs Morocco

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

Large manicured lawn in front of terracotta building with palm trees at Sol Oasis Marrakech, outdoor seating visible under covered patio.

Aruba and Morocco, 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 Morocco
Aruba	Measure	Morocco
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
11	Resorts in our catalog	17 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$56–$1371/night pp (better)
2 of 11	Adults-only resorts	2 of 17
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, and lightly
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	Genuinely year-round; spring and fall are ideal
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	Arabic & French (English at resorts)
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Moroccan dirham (MAD) – closed currency, get cash locally
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	220V, Type C/E plugs (European – adapter needed)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Agadir (AGA), Marrakech (RAK), or Casablanca (CMN)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~7–8h from the US East Coast (often via Europe)

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

Morocco

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Morocco
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
Morocco · high °F	69	70	73	74	77	79	81	81	81	79	74	70
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
Morocco · rain (in)	1.9	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	1.0	2.0	2.2

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