Croatia vs Rhodes

Long pool with loungers and umbrellas overlooking Adriatic Sea and forested coastline at Girandella Resort, Valamar Collection.

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

Croatia 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

Croatia compared with Rhodes
Croatia	Measure	Rhodes
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
11 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	9
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$35–$245/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$79–$328/night pp
3 of 11	Adults-only resorts	2 of 9
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–December	Rainy season	November–February
June and September; July–August for full beach season	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest
Dalmatia: Split riviera, Makarska, the islands (Brač, Hvar)	The coast	East for sand and calm: Faliraki, Kolymbia, Lindos, Kiotari, Lardos
May–October; June and September are the sweet spots	Season	May–October; June and September are the sweet spots
None tropical; dry Adriatic summers	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

Croatia

Rhodes

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Croatia and Rhodes
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Croatia · high °F	50	52	57	63	72	80	85	85	77	68	58	52
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
Croatia · rain (in)	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9	1.0	1.6	3.2	3.4	4.5	3.8
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 Split / Makarska Riviera and Rhodes: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.