Costa del Sol vs South Africa

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Costa del Sol and South Africa, 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

Costa del Sol compared with South Africa
Costa del Sol	Measure	South Africa
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	–
$67–$526/night pp	Nightly rates	–
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–March	Rainy season	November–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland

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

Costa del Sol

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South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and South Africa
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
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
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

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