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Barbados West Coast vs South Africa

Barbados West Coast 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

Barbados West Coast compared with South Africa
Barbados West CoastMeasureSouth Africa
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)U.S. travel advisoryLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)Resorts in our catalog0
★ 4.3Average guest rating
$152–$249/night ppNightly rates
3 of 6Adults-only resorts0 of 0
Low hurricane riskHurricane exposureNo hurricane season (better)
June–November, typically short heavy showersRainy seasonNovember–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
December–AprilSweet spotApril–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland

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

Map of Barbados West Coast resorts
Barbados West Coast
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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados West Coast and South Africa
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Barbados West Coast · high °F838384868787878888878684
South Africa · high °F828382797774737475777981
Barbados West Coast · rain (in)2.61.61.31.42.34.45.85.86.77.06.13.8
South Africa · rain (in)5.34.84.82.92.21.11.51.92.94.34.84.0

Approximate climate normals for Holetown (west coast) and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.