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.

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By the numbers

Guanacaste compared with Kenya
Guanacaste	Measure	Kenya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$289/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$274/night pp (better)
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	0 of 13
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.