Mauritius vs Thailand

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

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

Mauritius 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.

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By the numbers

Mauritius compared with Thailand
Mauritius	Measure	Thailand
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
17	Resorts in our catalog	8
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$147–$303/night pp	Nightly rates	$36–$247/night pp
5 of 17	Adults-only resorts	0 of 8
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
January–March	Rainy season	May–October, wettest September–October
May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)	Sweet spot	November–April (the Gulf side, Koh Samui, runs on a different clock; wettest October–December)
English & French official; Mauritian Creole everyday	Language	Thai (English widely used in tourist areas)
Mauritian rupee (MUR); cards widely accepted	Currency	Thai baht (THB); cards common, cash for markets
230V, mainly Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter	Power	230V, Type A/B/C plugs (bring an adapter)
On the left	Driving	On the left
Port Louis / Plaisance (MRU)	Main airport	Phuket International (HKT)
~17–20h+ from the US, with at least one connection	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.

On the map

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mauritius and Thailand
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
Thailand · high °F	89	90	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
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
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 Island-wide and Phuket / Andaman coast: planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.