Grenada vs Zanzibar

Private villa pool surrounded by turquoise water, with lounge chairs on a wooden deck and a modern white building with red pergola overhead.

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

Grenada and Zanzibar, 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

Grenada compared with Zanzibar
Grenada	Measure	Zanzibar
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
4	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$231–$962/night pp	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp (better)
1 of 4	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
June–November, as short heavy showers rather than washed-out days	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March to May (April is the wettest month), short rains in November
December–May, driest January–April	Sweet spot	June to October and December to February
Maurice Bishop (GND), most resorts 5–15 min	Airport	Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ); listed transfers run 40 to 97 minutes
December–May; June–November is wetter, with the hurricane season	Season	June to October and December to February; long rains mid-March to May

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

Grenada

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Grenada and Zanzibar
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Grenada · high °F	85	85	86	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	86	85
Zanzibar · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
Grenada · rain (in)	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	3.3	7.4	7.8	8.5	7.3	7.5	7.9	5.5
Zanzibar · 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 St. George's and Zanzibar (ZNZ): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.