Bora Bora vs Kos

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

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

Bora Bora and Kos, 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 Kos
Bora Bora	Measure	Kos
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
2	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.7	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$177–$857/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
November–April	Rainy season	November–March
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	Best for	A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey
May–October dry season; Nov–April is wet/cyclone season	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots

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

Kos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Kos
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
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
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
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8

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