Costa Rica vs Grenada

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

Private villa pool surrounded by turquoise water, with lounge chairs on a wooden deck and a modern white building with red pergola overhead.

Costa Rica and Grenada, 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 Grenada
Costa Rica	Measure	Grenada
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$261/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$163–$437/night pp
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	1 of 3
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	June–November, as short heavy showers rather than washed-out days
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	December–May, driest January–April
On the right	Driving	On the left

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

Grenada

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Grenada
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
Grenada · high °F	85	85	86	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	86	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
Grenada · rain (in)	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	3.3	7.4	7.8	8.5	7.3	7.5	7.9	5.5

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