Aruba vs Turkey

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.

Aerial view of Concorde De Luxe Resort's distinctive white building with curved wings overlooking multiple pools, beach, and turquoise Mediterranean Sea with boats.

Aruba and Turkey, 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 Turkey
Aruba	Measure	Turkey
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	★ 4.6 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$1–$421/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 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 (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips)
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	Turkish (English common in resorts)
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Turkish lira (TRY); euros often accepted at resorts
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	230V, Type C/F plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Antalya (AYT)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~11–13h from the US East Coast (one stop)

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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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Turkey
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
Turkey · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	87	79	69	61
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
Turkey · rain (in)	9.2	6.3	3.8	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	10.2

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

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Aruba

Full Aruba guide

Chains here: Iberostar · Barceló · Renaissance Hotels

Best of Turkey

Full Turkey guide

Chains here: Maxx Royal · Concorde Hotels & Resorts · Selectum Hotels & Resorts