Costa Rica vs Rodney Bay

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

Clear blue lap pool with lane divider, wooden pergola, and lush tropical vegetation surrounding East Winds resort under bright sky.

Costa Rica and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Costa Rica	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$289/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$89–$480/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	December–April

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

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