Curaçao vs Mauritius

Striped lounge chairs line the pool deck at Sandals Royal Curaçao, a white colonial-style building with manicured grounds under clear blue sky.

Circular fire pit on wooden deck with palm trees and ocean-view infinity pool beyond at Ambre, A Sunlife Resort.

Curaçao and Mauritius, 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.

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By the numbers

Curaçao compared with Mauritius
Curaçao	Measure	Mauritius
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
5	Resorts in our catalog	17
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$1089–$1142/night pp	Nightly rates	$147–$303/night pp
2 of 5	Adults-only resorts	5 of 17
Outside the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, still modest by Caribbean standards	Rainy season	January–March
Year-round; May–November is the value window	Sweet spot	May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)
Dutch & Papiamento (English & Spanish widely spoken)	Language	English & French official; Mauritian Creole everyday
Caribbean guilder – USD widely accepted	Currency	Mauritian rupee (MUR); cards widely accepted
127V, Type A/B plugs (US-style; some 220V)	Power	230V, mainly Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the right	Driving	On the left
Curaçao International, Willemstad (CUR)	Main airport	Port Louis / Plaisance (MRU)
~4h from Miami; ~5–6h from the US Northeast	Flight time	~17–20h+ from the US, with at least one connection

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Curaçao and Mauritius
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Curaçao · high °F	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	89	87	85
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
Curaçao · rain (in)	1.9	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.9	3.7
Mauritius · rain (in)	10.4	11.0	9.4	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.3	2.5	1.4	1.6	1.9	6.7