Bora Bora vs Viti Levu

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

Bora Bora and Viti 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 Viti Levu
Bora Bora	Measure	Viti Levu
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	–
2	Resorts in our catalog	5 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$123–$509/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	0 of 5
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–April	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March; the resort-lined west and south are the island's dry side
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	Best for	Families, first Fiji trips, no-boat-transfer logistics
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

Viti Levu

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Viti 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
Viti Levu · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
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
Viti Levu · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5

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