Bora Bora vs Canary Islands

Four Seasons Bora Bora villa with thatched roof bungalow, private pool, palm trees, and white lounge chairs under umbrellas.

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Bora Bora and Canary 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.

By the numbers

Bora Bora compared with Canary Islands
Bora Bora	Measure	Canary Islands
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$83–$260/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	3 of 15
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
November–April	Rainy season	November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	Best for	Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts
May–October dry season; Nov–April is wet/cyclone season	Season	Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks

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

Bora Bora

Canary Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Canary Islands
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bora Bora · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Bora Bora · rain (in)	13.2	9.6	6.7	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	3.5	8.3	12.5
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3

Approximate climate normals for Bora Bora lagoon and Tenerife South: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.