Brazil vs Kenya

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.

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

Brazil and Kenya, 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 Kenya
Brazil	Measure	Kenya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$119–$405/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp (better)
0 of 8	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
April–July on the northeast coast	Rainy season	Long rains April–May, short rains October–November
September–March (southern-hemisphere spring and summer)	Sweet spot	December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)
Portuguese (English limited outside tourist areas)	Language	Swahili & English (both official)
Brazilian real (BRL) – cards widely used	Currency	Kenyan shilling (KES); cards and mobile money common
127V/220V, Type N plugs (adapter needed)	Power	240V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the right	Driving	On the left
Salvador (SSA)	Main airport	Nairobi (NBO); coast via Mombasa (MBA) or Ukunda (UKA)
~7–9h from the US East Coast (often via connection)	Flight time	~15–18h+ from the US, with a connection

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

Kenya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Brazil and Kenya
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
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
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
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4

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