Costa Rica vs Curaçao

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

Striped lounge chairs line the pool deck at Sandals Royal Curaçao, a white colonial-style building with manicured grounds under clear blue sky.

Costa Rica and Curaçao, 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

Costa Rica compared with Curaçao
Costa Rica	Measure	Curaçao
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$158–$1089/night pp
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	2 of 5
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Outside the hurricane belt (better)
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	October–December, still modest by Caribbean standards
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	Year-round; May–November is the value window
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)	Language	Dutch & Papiamento (English & Spanish widely spoken)
Costa Rican colón – USD widely accepted	Currency	Caribbean guilder – USD widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	127V, Type A/B plugs (US-style; some 220V)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Liberia – Daniel Oduber (LIR)	Main airport	Curaçao International, Willemstad (CUR)
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)	Flight time	~4h from Miami; ~5–6h from the US Northeast

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

Curaçao

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Curaçao
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
Curaçao · high °F	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	89	87	85
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
Curaçao · rain (in)	1.9	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	3.9	3.7

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