Costa Rica vs Egypt

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

White resort buildings overlook multiple blue pools with palm trees and loungers at Steigenberger Resort Alaya Marsa Alam, with the Red Sea beyond.

Costa Rica and Egypt, 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 Egypt
Costa Rica	Measure	Egypt
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	20 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$88–$285/night pp	Nightly rates	$62–$285/night pp (better)
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	4 of 20
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	None to speak of
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	October–May; high summer is very hot (but dry, and the sea is warm)
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)	Language	Arabic (English widely spoken at resorts)
Costa Rican colón – USD widely accepted	Currency	Egyptian pound (EGP) – USD and euro often accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	220V, Type C/F plugs (European – adapter needed)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Liberia – Daniel Oduber (LIR)	Main airport	Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH)
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)	Flight time	~11–13h from the US East Coast (via Europe or the Gulf)

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

Egypt

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Egypt
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
Egypt · high °F	71	73	78	85	91	95	97	97	93	87	80	74
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
Egypt · rain (in)	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1

Approximate climate normals for Guanacaste / Papagayo and Red Sea coast (Hurghada): planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.