Rhodes vs South Africa

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

Rhodes and South Africa, 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

Rhodes compared with South Africa
Rhodes	Measure	South Africa
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	0
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	–
$79–$328/night pp	Nightly rates	–
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	0 of 0
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
November–February	Rainy season	November–March (southern-hemisphere summer thunderstorms)
June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest	Sweet spot	April–September for dry, mild weather; also prime safari season inland

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

Rhodes

No mapped resorts yet

South Africa

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Rhodes and South Africa
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
South Africa · high °F	82	83	82	79	77	74	73	74	75	77	79	81
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1
South Africa · rain (in)	5.3	4.8	4.8	2.9	2.2	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.9	4.3	4.8	4.0

Approximate climate normals for Rhodes and KwaZulu-Natal coast (Durban): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.