Bora Bora vs Vanua Levu

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

Wooden bungalow with thatched-roof structures nestled in tropical vegetation overlooking calm blue ocean waters.

Bora Bora and Vanua Levu, 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 Vanua Levu
Bora Bora	Measure	Vanua Levu
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	–
2	Resorts in our catalog	3 (better)
★ 4.7	Average guest rating	★ 4.9 (better)
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$208–$1327/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	2 of 3
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–April	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	May–October: the dry season and the diving-visibility peak
Fly to Tahiti (PPT), then 50-min hop to Bora Bora (BOB) + boat transfer	Getting there	45–60 min flight from Nadi to Savusavu or Labasa
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	Best for	Divers, honeymooners, get-away-from-everyone trips
May–October dry season; Nov–April is wet/cyclone season	Season	May–October dry; November–April wet/cyclone 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

Vanua Levu

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Vanua Levu
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
Vanua Levu · high °F	87	87	86	85	83	81	80	80	81	83	85	86
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
Vanua Levu · rain (in)	13.0	12.5	14.0	9.5	6.5	4.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	6.5	8.0	10.5

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