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.

Fiji guide · Guanacaste guide · How we score

By the numbers

Fiji compared with Guanacaste
Fiji	Measure	Guanacaste
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
13 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$109–$1327/night pp	Nightly rates	$88–$289/night pp (better)
6 of 13	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
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.