Bora Bora vs Kenya

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

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

Bora Bora and Kenya, 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

Bora Bora compared with Kenya
Bora Bora	Measure	Kenya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	0 of 13
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
November–April	Rainy season	Long rains April–May, short rains October–November
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)

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

Kenya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Kenya
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
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
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
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4

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