Bora Bora vs Thailand

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

Woven cabana with turquoise daybed on white sand beach at Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, with pool and palm trees beyond.

Bora Bora and Thailand, 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 Thailand
Bora Bora	Measure	Thailand
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
2	Resorts in our catalog	8 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$36–$247/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–April	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)

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

Thailand

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Thailand
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
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
Thailand · rain (in)	1.4	1.2	2.3	4.3	13.5	8.7	10.2	10.5	15.5	12.1	7.1	3.0

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