Grenada vs Guanacaste

Private villa pool surrounded by turquoise water, with lounge chairs on a wooden deck and a modern white building with red pergola overhead.

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

Grenada 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

Grenada compared with Guanacaste
Grenada	Measure	Guanacaste
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
3	Resorts in our catalog	6 (better)
★ 4.4 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$163–$437/night pp	Nightly rates	$88–$261/night pp (better)
1 of 3	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
June–November, as short heavy showers rather than washed-out days	Rainy season	May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October
December–May, driest January–April	Sweet spot	December–April, bone-dry
Maurice Bishop (GND), most resorts 5–15 min	Airport	Liberia (LIR), Papagayo resorts 30–45 min
The south-west tip: Grand Anse, Pink Gin Beach, L'Anse aux Épines	The coast	Papagayo Peninsula, Playas del Coco, Conchal, Flamingo, Tamarindo
Couples, a green island with a real interior, short transfers	Best for	Nature + beach in one trip; reliable winter sun

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

Grenada

Guanacaste

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Grenada and Guanacaste
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Grenada · high °F	85	85	86	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	86	85
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Grenada · rain (in)	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	3.3	7.4	7.8	8.5	7.3	7.5	7.9	5.5
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 St. George's and Papagayo / Guanacaste: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.