Canary Islands vs Rodney Bay

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

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

White colonial-style building with terracotta roof and arched windows overlooks a rectangular blue pool surrounded by palm trees and loungers.

Canary Islands and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Canary Islands	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$87–$564/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	1 of 8
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	December–April
Tenerife South (TFS), Gran Canaria (LPA), Lanzarote (ACE), Fuerteventura (FUE)	Airports	UVF is 75–90 min south; regional SLU (Castries) is ~20 min
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers
Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks	Season	December–April dry; June–November wetter (hurricane belt)

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

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