Canary Islands vs Rhodes

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

Canary Islands and Rhodes, 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

Canary Islands compared with Rhodes
Canary Islands	Measure	Rhodes
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	9
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$83–$260/night pp	Nightly rates	$79–$328/night pp (better)
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	2 of 9
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	November–February
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	Value big-resort beaches, a medieval city, reliable sun
Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots
None tropical; the trade wind keeps summers moderate	Weather risk	None tropical; dry summers with the meltemi wind

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

Canary Islands

Rhodes

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Rhodes
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1

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