Fiji vs Tanzania

Wooden bungalow with thatched-roof structures nestled in tropical vegetation overlooking calm blue ocean waters.

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

Fiji and Tanzania, 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.

Fiji guide · Tanzania guide · How we score

By the numbers

Fiji compared with Tanzania
Fiji	Measure	Tanzania
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
13	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$109–$1327/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$152–$615/night pp
6 of 13	Adults-only resorts	0 of 14
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
November–April, wettest January–March	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays	Sweet spot	June–October and December–February
English official; the easiest South Pacific for anglophones	Language	Swahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Fijian dollar	Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
~11h nonstop from Los Angeles	Flight time	~16–19h+ from the US, with a connection

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

Fiji

Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Fiji and Tanzania
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fiji · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
Fiji · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5
Tanzania · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

Approximate climate normals for Nadi / Denarau and Zanzibar: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.