Mauritius vs Tanzania

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

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

Mauritius 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.

By the numbers

Mauritius compared with Tanzania
Mauritius	Measure	Tanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
19 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	15
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$92–$768/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$560/night pp (better)
5 of 19	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
January–March	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)	Sweet spot	June–October and December–February
English & French official; Mauritian Creole everyday	Language	Swahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Mauritian rupee (MUR); cards widely accepted	Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
230V, mainly Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter	Power	230V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the left	Driving	On the left
Port Louis / Plaisance (MRU)	Main airport	Zanzibar / Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
~17–20h+ from the US, with at least one connection	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

Mauritius

Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mauritius and Tanzania
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
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
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 Island-wide and Zanzibar: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.