French Polynesia vs Guanacaste

Four Seasons Bora Bora villa with thatched roof bungalow, private pool, palm trees, and white lounge chairs under umbrellas.

French Polynesia2 resorts · ★ 4.7 average

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

French Polynesia 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.

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By the numbers

French Polynesia compared with Guanacaste
French Polynesia	Measure	Guanacaste
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	7 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$88–$289/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–April	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
May–October (dry season; also peak overwater-bungalow pricing)	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry

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

French Polynesia

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for French Polynesia and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
French Polynesia · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
French Polynesia · rain (in)	13.2	9.6	6.7	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	3.5	8.3	12.5
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 Tahiti / Bora Bora and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.