Canary Islands vs Guanacaste

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

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

Canary Islands 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

Canary Islands compared with Guanacaste
Canary Islands	Measure	Guanacaste
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$83–$260/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$88–$261/night pp
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	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

Canary Islands

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
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 Tenerife South and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.