Aruba vs South Africa

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.

Aruba and South Africa, 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 South Africa
Aruba	Measure	South Africa
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	–
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	–
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
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 (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	11 official languages – English widely spoken
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	South African rand (ZAR)
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	230V, large Type M/N plugs (special adapter needed)
On the right	Driving	On the left
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Durban (DUR) or Johannesburg (JNB)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~15–17h from the US East Coast (often via Europe or the Gulf)

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

On the map

Aruba

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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and South Africa
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
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
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
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Aruba

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Best of South Africa

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