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Barbados West Coast vs Costa Rica

Barbados West Coast and Costa Rica, 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 West Coast compared with Costa Rica
Barbados West CoastMeasureCosta Rica
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)U.S. travel advisoryLevel 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6Resorts in our catalog7 (better)
★ 4.3Average guest rating★ 4.4 (better)
$152–$249/night ppNightly rates$88–$289/night pp (better)
3 of 6Adults-only resorts1 of 7
Low hurricane riskHurricane exposureLow hurricane risk
June–November, typically short heavy showersRainy seasonMay–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet
December–AprilSweet spotDecember–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste

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

Map of Barbados West Coast resorts
Barbados West Coast
Map of Costa Rica resorts
Costa Rica

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados West Coast and Costa Rica
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Barbados West Coast · high °F838384868787878888878684
Costa Rica · high °F919293939188888887868789
Barbados West Coast · rain (in)2.61.61.31.42.34.45.85.86.77.06.13.8
Costa Rica · rain (in)0.10.10.20.77.79.05.97.913.012.24.30.5

Approximate climate normals for Holetown (west coast) and Guanacaste / Papagayo: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.