Guanacaste vs Los Cabos

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Guanacaste and Los Cabos, 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 Los Cabos
Guanacaste	Measure	Los Cabos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	4
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$88–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$117–$878/night pp
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	3 of 4
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	Summer and fall storms can bring heavy rain; the desert setting does not rule out disruption
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	December–May for milder temperatures
Liberia (LIR), Papagayo resorts 30–45 min	Airport	Los Cabos International (SJD), near San José del Cabo
Nature + beach in one trip; reliable winter sun	Best for	Desert scenery, golf, marina outings and resort time

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

Los Cabos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Los Cabos
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
Los Cabos · high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
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
Los Cabos · rain (in)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6

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