Bora Bora vs Costa Rica

Four Seasons Bora Bora villa with thatched roof bungalow, private pool, palm trees, and white lounge chairs under umbrellas.

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

Bora Bora 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

Bora Bora compared with Costa Rica
Bora Bora	Measure	Costa Rica
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$88–$289/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–April	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	December–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

Bora Bora

Costa Rica

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Costa Rica
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bora Bora · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
Costa Rica · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Bora Bora · rain (in)	13.2	9.6	6.7	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	3.5	8.3	12.5
Costa Rica · 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 Bora Bora lagoon and Guanacaste / Papagayo: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.