Barbados vs Guanacaste

Multi-story beachfront resort with pool, lounge chairs, and palm-lined sand leading to turquoise Caribbean waters.

Illuminated beachfront dining pavilion with white railings and thatched-roof bungalows reflected in the pool at dusk.

Barbados and Guanacaste, 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

Barbados compared with Guanacaste
Barbados	Measure	Guanacaste
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$152–$459/night pp	Nightly rates	$88–$289/night pp (better)
5 of 14	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
June–November, typically short heavy showers	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry

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

Barbados

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barbados · high °F	83	83	84	86	87	87	87	88	88	87	86	84
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Barbados · rain (in)	2.6	1.6	1.3	1.4	2.3	4.4	5.8	5.8	6.7	7.0	6.1	3.8
Guanacaste · rain (in)	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	7.7	9.0	5.9	7.9	13.0	12.2	4.3	0.5

Approximate climate normals for West & south coasts and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.