Soufrière & South St. Lucia vs Zanzibar

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Soufrière & South St. Lucia5 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

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

Soufrière & South St. Lucia 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

Soufrière & South St. Lucia compared with Zanzibar
Soufrière & South St. Lucia	Measure	Zanzibar
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
5	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$300–$1825/night pp	Nightly rates	$93–$723/night pp (better)
4 of 5	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
Hewanorra (UVF) at Vieux Fort: Soufrière 45–60 min, the Vieux Fort resorts 5–10 min	Airport	Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ); listed transfers run 40 to 97 minutes
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

Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Zanzibar

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Soufrière & South St. Lucia and Zanzibar
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · 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
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · 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 Hewanorra (Vieux Fort); the hills above Soufrière run wetter and Zanzibar (ZNZ): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.