Tanzania vs U.S. Virgin Islands

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

Curved turquoise pool with wooden bar structure and blue umbrellas, overlooking beach and calm Caribbean waters at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort.

U.S. Virgin Islands1 resort · ★ 4.4 average

Tanzania and U.S. Virgin Islands, 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.

Tanzania guide · U.S. Virgin Islands guide · How we score

By the numbers

Tanzania compared with U.S. Virgin Islands
Tanzania	Measure	U.S. Virgin Islands
Level 3: Reconsider Travel	U.S. travel advisory	–
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	1
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$152–$615/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$218–$220/night pp
0 of 14	Adults-only resorts	0 of 1
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Long rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November	Rainy season	September–November
June–October and December–February	Sweet spot	December–April
Tanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted	Currency	U.S. dollar; U.S. phone plans work
On the left	Driving	On the left, in U.S.-spec cars

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

Tanzania

U.S. Virgin Islands

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Tanzania and U.S. Virgin Islands
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
U.S. Virgin Islands · high °F	84	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	89	88	86	85
Tanzania · 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
U.S. Virgin Islands · rain (in)	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	3.0

Approximate climate normals for Zanzibar and St. Croix / St. Thomas: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.