Guanacaste vs Rodney Bay

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

Clear blue lap pool with lane divider, wooden pergola, and lush tropical vegetation surrounding East Winds resort under bright sky.

Guanacaste and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Guanacaste	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	7
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$289/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$89–$480/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	1 of 7
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	December–April
Nature + beach in one trip; reliable winter sun	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

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