Guanacaste vs Philippines

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

Private villa deck with infinity pool overlooking the ocean at sunset, palm trees and tropical vegetation visible beyond the wooden platform.

Guanacaste and Philippines, 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 Philippines
Guanacaste	Measure	Philippines
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$88–$285/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$170–$606/night pp
1 of 6	Adults-only resorts	0 of 3
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	June–November
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	January–April

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

Philippines

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Philippines
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
Philippines · high °F	86	87	88	90	91	90	88	88	88	88	88	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
Philippines · rain (in)	4.0	3.0	2.5	2.0	3.5	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.5	7.5	6.5	5.5

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