Guanacaste vs Indonesia

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

A rectangular pool with a stone fountain centerpiece is flanked by blue loungers and umbrellas, facing a traditional Balinese pavilion with orange-tiled roofs at Ayodya Resort Bali.

Guanacaste and Indonesia, 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.

Guanacaste guide · Indonesia guide · How we score

By the numbers

Guanacaste compared with Indonesia
Guanacaste	Measure	Indonesia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	11 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$88–$289/night pp	Nightly rates	$60–$162/night pp (better)
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	0 of 11
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	November–March
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	April–October

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

Guanacaste

Indonesia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Indonesia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Guanacaste · high °F	91	92	93	93	91	88	88	88	87	86	87	89
Indonesia · high °F	88	88	88	88	87	86	84	84	86	88	88	88
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
Indonesia · rain (in)	13.6	10.9	8.3	3.5	2.7	2.1	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	7.0	11.4

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