Rodney Bay vs Vanua Levu

Clear blue lap pool with lane divider, wooden pergola, and lush tropical vegetation surrounding East Winds resort under bright sky.

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

Rodney Bay and Vanua Levu, 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

Rodney Bay compared with Vanua Levu
Rodney Bay	Measure	Vanua Levu
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
7 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.9 (better)
$89–$480/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$208–$1327/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	2 of 3
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–November, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March
December–April	Sweet spot	May–October: the dry season and the diving-visibility peak
First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers	Best for	Divers, honeymooners, get-away-from-everyone trips
December–April dry; June–November wetter (hurricane belt)	Season	May–October dry; November–April wet/cyclone season

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

Rodney Bay

Vanua Levu

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Rodney Bay and Vanua Levu
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
Vanua Levu · high °F	87	87	86	85	83	81	80	80	81	83	85	86
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2
Vanua Levu · rain (in)	13.0	12.5	14.0	9.5	6.5	4.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	6.5	8.0	10.5

Approximate climate normals for Rodney Bay / Gros Islet and Savusavu: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.