Fiji vs Guanacaste

Wooden bungalow with thatched-roof structures nestled in tropical vegetation overlooking calm blue ocean waters.

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

Fiji 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

Fiji compared with Guanacaste
Fiji	Measure	Guanacaste
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$74–$1327/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$88–$285/night pp
7 of 14	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk (better)
November–April, wettest January–March	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry
Nadi (NAN): Denarau 20 min; island resorts by boat or small plane	Airport	Liberia (LIR), Papagayo resorts 30–45 min
Soft-coral diving; village visits; legendary kids' clubs	Signature	Wildlife everywhere; volcano and cloud-forest day trips

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

Fiji

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Fiji and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fiji · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Fiji · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5
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 Nadi / Denarau and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.