Guanacaste vs Portugal

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

Resort pool with loungers and umbrellas flanked by white buildings, ocean and coastline visible beyond.

Guanacaste and Portugal, 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 Portugal
Guanacaste	Measure	Portugal
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
7	Resorts in our catalog	16 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$289/night pp	Nightly rates	$65–$333/night pp (better)
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	0 of 16
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	November–March
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)

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

Portugal

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Portugal
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
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
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
Portugal · rain (in)	3.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	3.9

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