Guanacaste vs Mauritius

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

Circular fire pit on wooden deck with palm trees and ocean-view infinity pool beyond at Ambre, A Sunlife Resort.

Guanacaste and Mauritius, 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 Mauritius
Guanacaste	Measure	Mauritius
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	21 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$88–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$92–$768/night pp
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	5 of 21
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	January–March
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	May–November (cooler, dry, cyclone-free)

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

Mauritius

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Mauritius
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
Mauritius · high °F	86	86	86	84	81	78	77	77	79	81	83	85
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
Mauritius · rain (in)	10.4	11.0	9.4	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.3	2.5	1.4	1.6	1.9	6.7

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