Guanacaste vs Kenya

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

Large resort pool with blue loungers, thatched-roof structures, and palm trees lining the Baobab Beach Resort & Spa grounds.

Guanacaste and Kenya, 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

Guanacaste compared with Kenya
Guanacaste	Measure	Kenya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$285/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp (better)
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	Long rains April–May, short rains October–November
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	December–March and July–September (the latter pairs with Masai Mara migration season)

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

Kenya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Kenya
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
Kenya · high °F	90	91	91	88	84	83	82	82	84	86	88	89
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
Kenya · rain (in)	1.0	0.7	2.5	6.1	9.3	3.4	2.8	2.5	2.6	3.4	3.8	2.4

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