Costa Rica vs Rhodes

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

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

Costa Rica and Rhodes, 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 Rhodes
Costa Rica	Measure	Rhodes
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
6	Resorts in our catalog	9 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$88–$261/night pp	Nightly rates	$79–$328/night pp (better)
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	2 of 9
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	November–February
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest

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

Rhodes

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Rhodes
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
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
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
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1

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