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Costa Rica vs Portugal

Costa Rica and Portugal, 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 Portugal
Costa RicaMeasurePortugal
Level 2: Exercise Increased CautionU.S. travel advisoryLevel 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
7Resorts in our catalog15
★ 4.4Average guest rating★ 4.4 (better)
$119–$289/night ppNightly rates$65–$333/night pp
1 of 7Adults-only resorts0 of 15
Low hurricane riskHurricane exposureNo hurricane season
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wetRainy seasonNovember–March
December–April, bone-dry in GuanacasteSweet spotJune–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)LanguagePortuguese (English widely spoken in the Algarve)
Costa Rican colón – USD widely acceptedCurrencyEuro (EUR) – cards widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)Power230V, Type C/F plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the rightDrivingOn the right
Liberia – Daniel Oduber (LIR)Main airportFaro (FAO)
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)Flight time~7–9h from the US East Coast (often one stop)

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

On the map

Map of Costa Rica resorts
Costa Rica
Map of Portugal resorts
Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Portugal
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Costa Rica · high °F919293939188888887868789
Portugal · high °F616265687279848480746762
Costa Rica · rain (in)0.10.10.20.77.79.05.97.913.012.24.30.5
Portugal · rain (in)3.12.61.61.50.80.20.10.21.12.63.33.9

Approximate climate normals for Guanacaste / Papagayo and Algarve: planning guidance, not a forecast. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.

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