Canary Islands vs U.S. Virgin Islands

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 wooden bar structure and blue umbrellas, overlooking beach and calm Caribbean waters at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort.

U.S. Virgin Islands1 resort · ★ 4.4 average

Canary Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 U.S. Virgin Islands
Canary Islands	Measure	U.S. Virgin Islands
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$218–$220/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	September–November
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	St. Thomas (STT) and St. Croix (STX)
Tenerife and Gran Canaria for choice; Lanzarote and Fuerteventura for landscape and space	The islands	St. Thomas (beaches/cruise), St. John (park), St. Croix (relaxed, AI resorts)
Year-round; Christmas and Easter are the peaks	Season	December–April prime; hurricane season June–November

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

U.S. Virgin Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands
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
U.S. Virgin Islands · high °F	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	88	86	85
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
U.S. Virgin Islands · rain (in)	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	3.0

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