Rodney Bay vs Zanzibar

White colonial-style building with terracotta roof and arched windows overlooks a rectangular blue pool surrounded by palm trees and loungers.

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

Rodney Bay 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

Rodney Bay compared with Zanzibar
Rodney Bay	Measure	Zanzibar
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
12	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$132–$1049/night pp	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp (better)
4 of 12	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
June–November, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March to May (April is the wettest month), short rains in November
December–April	Sweet spot	June to October and December to February
December–April dry; June–November wetter (hurricane belt)	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

Rodney Bay

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Rodney Bay and Zanzibar
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
Zanzibar · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
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
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 Rodney Bay / Gros Islet and Zanzibar (ZNZ): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.