Brazil vs Costa del Sol

Costao do Santinho Resort sits on a hillside overlooking the ocean, with a large blue pool, loungers, and multi-story beige buildings surrounded by lush green vegetation.

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

Brazil and Costa del Sol, 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.

By the numbers

Brazil compared with Costa del Sol
Brazil	Measure	Costa del Sol
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$119–$405/night pp	Nightly rates	$67–$526/night pp (better)
0 of 8	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
April–July on the northeast coast	Rainy season	November–March
September–March (southern-hemisphere spring and summer)	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest

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

Brazil

Costa del Sol

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Brazil and Costa del Sol
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brazil · high °F	86	87	86	84	82	80	79	79	81	83	84	85
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Brazil · rain (in)	2.7	3.9	6.1	10.9	10.5	8.5	6.9	4.4	3.3	3.9	4.1	4.9
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9

Approximate climate normals for Northeast coast (Bahia) and Málaga: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.