Costa Rica vs Fiji

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

Wooden bungalow with thatched-roof structures nestled in tropical vegetation overlooking calm blue ocean waters.

Costa Rica and Fiji, 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.

Costa Rica guide · Fiji guide · How we score

By the numbers

Costa Rica compared with Fiji
Costa Rica	Measure	Fiji
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
7	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$88–$289/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$109–$1327/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	6 of 13
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)	Language	English official; the easiest South Pacific for anglophones
Costa Rican colón – USD widely accepted	Currency	Fijian dollar
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)	Flight time	~11h nonstop from Los Angeles

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

Fiji

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Fiji
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
Fiji · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
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
Fiji · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5

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