Fiji vs Thailand

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

Woven cabana with turquoise daybed on white sand beach at Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket, with pool and palm trees beyond.

Fiji and Thailand, 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 · Thailand guide · How we score

By the numbers

Fiji compared with Thailand
Fiji	Measure	Thailand
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
13 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$109–$1327/night pp	Nightly rates	$36–$247/night pp (better)
6 of 13	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk (better)
November–April, wettest January–March	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)
English official; the easiest South Pacific for anglophones	Language	Thai (English widely used in tourist areas)
Fijian dollar	Currency	Thai baht (THB); cards common, cash for markets
~11h nonstop from Los Angeles	Flight time	~20–24h from the US with one stop

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

Thailand

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Fiji and Thailand
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
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
Thailand · rain (in)	1.4	1.2	2.3	4.3	13.5	8.7	10.2	10.5	15.5	12.1	7.1	3.0

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