Costa Rica vs Turkey

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

Aerial view of Concorde De Luxe Resort's distinctive white building with curved wings overlooking multiple pools, beach, and turquoise Mediterranean Sea with boats.

Costa Rica and Turkey, 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 Turkey
Costa Rica	Measure	Turkey
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	17
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$119–$289/night pp	Nightly rates	$1–$421/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	0 of 17
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
May–November ('green season'), with September–October seriously wet	Rainy season	November–February (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips)
December–April, bone-dry in Guanacaste	Sweet spot	May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F
Spanish (English common in tourist areas)	Language	Turkish (English common in resorts)
Costa Rican colón – USD widely accepted	Currency	Turkish lira (TRY); euros often accepted at resorts
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	230V, Type C/F plugs (US devices need an adapter)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Liberia – Daniel Oduber (LIR)	Main airport	Antalya (AYT)
~3.5–5.5h from the US (nonstops to Liberia)	Flight time	~11–13h from the US East Coast (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

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Turkey

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa Rica and Turkey
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
Turkey · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	87	79	69	61
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
Turkey · rain (in)	9.2	6.3	3.8	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	10.2

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