Guanacaste vs Turks & Caicos

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

White modern villa with turquoise pool overlooking ocean beach at Ambergris Cay, with lounge chairs and covered patio seating.

Guanacaste and Turks & Caicos, 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 Turks & Caicos
Guanacaste	Measure	Turks & Caicos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$88–$289/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$333–$1227/night pp
1 of 7	Adults-only resorts	1 of 5
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
May–November ('green season'), seriously wet September–October	Rainy season	September–December, and even then it's one of the drier corners of the Caribbean
December–April, bone-dry	Sweet spot	December–April, with May–June a good-value shoulder

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

Turks & Caicos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Guanacaste and Turks & Caicos
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
Turks & Caicos · high °F	81	81	83	84	87	89	90	90	89	87	84	82
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
Turks & Caicos · rain (in)	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.5

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