Bora Bora vs St. Lucia

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Bora Bora and St. Lucia, 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 St. Lucia
Bora Bora	Measure	St. Lucia
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$89–$810/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	8 of 16
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

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

St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and St. Lucia
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
St. Lucia · 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
St. Lucia · 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 Northwest coast (Rodney Bay–Soufrière): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.