Guanacaste vs Maldives

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

Overwater bungalow with thatched roof at Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives, featuring a furnished deck with loungers and colorful cushioned seating.

Guanacaste and Maldives, 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 Maldives
Guanacaste	Measure	Maldives
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	34 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$88–$289/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$1495/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	4 of 34
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	January–March

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.

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Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Maldives
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
Maldives · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
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
Maldives · rain (in)	4.5	2.0	2.9	5.2	8.5	6.5	5.8	6.9	9.6	8.7	9.1	9.0

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