Belek vs Zanzibar

Rectangular pool with blue tile in manicured lawn facing modern beige villa with lounge chairs, umbrellas, and woven hanging chair at Gloria Serenity Resort.

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

Belek and Zanzibar, 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.

By the numbers

Belek compared with Zanzibar
Belek	Measure	Zanzibar
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$145–$1664/night pp	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp (better)
0 of 8	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March to May (April is the wettest month), short rains in November
May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F	Sweet spot	June to October and December to February
Antalya (AYT), most resorts 30–45 min	Airport	Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ); listed transfers run 40 to 97 minutes
April–October; May–June and September–October are the sweet spots	Season	June to October and December to February; long rains mid-March to May

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

Belek

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Belek and Zanzibar
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Belek · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	88	80	70	62
Zanzibar · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
Belek · rain (in)	8.6	5.7	3.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	3.3	6.3	10.4
Zanzibar · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

Approximate climate normals for Antalya and Zanzibar (ZNZ): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.