Bora Bora vs Rodney Bay

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

Clear blue lap pool with lane divider, wooden pergola, and lush tropical vegetation surrounding East Winds resort under bright sky.

Bora Bora and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Bora Bora	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$89–$480/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–April	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	December–April
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers
May–October dry season; Nov–April is wet/cyclone season	Season	December–April dry; June–November wetter (hurricane belt)

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

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