Croatia vs Guanacaste

Long pool with loungers and umbrellas overlooking Adriatic Sea and forested coastline at Girandella Resort, Valamar Collection.

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

Croatia and Guanacaste, 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

Croatia compared with Guanacaste
Croatia	Measure	Guanacaste
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
11 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$35–$245/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$88–$285/night pp
3 of 11	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
October–December	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
June and September; July–August for full beach season	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry
Dalmatia: Split riviera, Makarska, the islands (Brač, Hvar)	The coast	Papagayo Peninsula, Playas del Coco, Conchal, Flamingo, Tamarindo

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

Croatia

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Croatia and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Croatia · high °F	50	52	57	63	72	80	85	85	77	68	58	52
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Croatia · rain (in)	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9	1.0	1.6	3.2	3.4	4.5	3.8
Guanacaste · 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

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