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Costa Rica vs Tanzania

Costa Rica and Tanzania, 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 Tanzania
Costa RicaMeasureTanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased CautionU.S. travel advisoryLevel 3: Reconsider Travel
7Resorts in our catalog14
★ 4.4Average guest rating★ 4.7 (better)
$119–$289/night ppNightly rates$152–$615/night pp
1 of 7Adults-only resorts0 of 14
Low hurricane riskHurricane exposureNo hurricane season
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wetRainy seasonLong rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
December–April, bone-dry in GuanacasteSweet spotJune–October and December–February
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)LanguageSwahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Costa Rican colón – USD widely acceptedCurrencyTanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)Power230V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the rightDrivingOn the left
Liberia – Daniel Oduber (LIR)Main airportZanzibar / Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)Flight time~16–19h+ from the US, with a connection

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 Tanzania resorts
Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Tanzania
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Costa Rica · high °F919293939188888887868789
Tanzania · high °F899090878484838384868889
Costa Rica · rain (in)0.10.10.20.77.79.05.97.913.012.24.30.5
Tanzania · rain (in)3.02.45.915.37.81.91.11.42.03.58.05.5

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

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