Belek vs Guanacaste

Rectangular pool with blue tile in manicured lawn facing modern beige villa with lounge chairs, umbrellas, and woven hanging chair at Gloria Serenity Resort.

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

Belek 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.

By the numbers

Belek compared with Guanacaste
Belek	Measure	Guanacaste
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$1–$734/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$88–$261/night pp
0 of 8	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry
Antalya (AYT), most resorts 30–45 min	Airport	Liberia (LIR), Papagayo resorts 30–45 min
Big-resort value, golf, families who want everything on site	Best for	Nature + beach in one trip; reliable winter sun

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

Belek

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Belek and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Belek · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	88	80	70	62
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Belek · rain (in)	8.6	5.7	3.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	3.3	6.3	10.4
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 Antalya and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.