Costa Rica vs Croatia

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

Long pool with loungers and umbrellas overlooking Adriatic Sea and forested coastline at Girandella Resort, Valamar Collection.

Costa Rica and Croatia, 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

Costa Rica compared with Croatia
Costa Rica	Measure	Croatia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
7	Resorts in our catalog	11 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$88–$289/night pp	Nightly rates	$35–$245/night pp (better)
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	3 of 11
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	October–December
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August for full beach season
Costa Rican colón – USD widely accepted	Currency	Euro

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

Costa Rica

Croatia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Croatia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa Rica · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Croatia · high °F	50	52	57	63	72	80	85	85	77	68	58	52
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
Croatia · rain (in)	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9	1.0	1.6	3.2	3.4	4.5	3.8

Approximate climate normals for Guanacaste / Papagayo and Split / Makarska Riviera: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.