Aruba vs St. Lucia

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.

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Aruba and St. Lucia, 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 St. Lucia
Aruba	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	14
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$89–$810/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	7 of 14
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	June–November, heaviest September–October
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	December–April
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	English
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	East Caribbean dollar; USD widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	240V, UK-style Type G plugs
On the right	Driving	On the left
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Hewanorra (UVF)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~4.5–5h from the US East Coast

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

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and St. Lucia
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
St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): 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 St. Lucia

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Chains here: Sandals Resorts · Coconut Bay Resorts · Jade Mountain