Aruba vs U.S. Virgin Islands

Curved turquoise pool with wooden bar structure and blue umbrellas, overlooking beach and calm Caribbean waters at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort.

U.S. Virgin Islands1 resort · ★ 4.4 average

Aruba and U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.

Aruba guide · U.S. Virgin Islands guide · How we score

By the numbers

Aruba compared with U.S. Virgin Islands
Aruba	Measure	U.S. Virgin Islands
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	–
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.4 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$143–$332/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$218–$220/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
Outside the hurricane belt (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	September–November
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	December–April
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	U.S. dollar; U.S. phone plans work
On the right	Driving	On the left, in U.S.-spec cars

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

U.S. Virgin Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and U.S. Virgin Islands
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
U.S. Virgin Islands · high °F	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	88	86	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
U.S. Virgin Islands · rain (in)	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	3.0

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