Costa Rica - don't know what to do.

[EssexSue]

We have booked a big family holiday for next July /August to Costa Rica but looking at the weather app it is thunderstorms all day and every day. I asked on the hotel facebook page if this meant we could not do anything (there are seventeen of us going so lots of exciting planning going on) and have been moderated and told we are not allowed to discuss the weather.
Has anyone here been to CR in summer please? We are thinking of changing to Jamaica, it's so difficult when there's so many people, especially when two are outlaws who we aren't paying for.

[LRMD]

Sorry not been at that time of year but stopped in Costa Rica on a cruise in Feb this year, beautiful place, so lush, green and lots of wildlife and rustic beaches. Even if you swapped to Jamaica that time of year is still off season. We usually go to the Caribbean Dec to Feb for best weather.

[Bozza]

Originally Posted by LRMD

Sorry not been at that time of year but stopped in Costa Rica on a cruise in Feb this year, beautiful place, so lush, green

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Lush? Green? That'll be the rain.

[skalexander]

I don’t know anything about Costa Rica, but isn’t August peak hurricane season in the Caribbean? You might be better changing the dates than the destination, but I appreciate that might be impossible with so many people.

[EssexSue]

Originally Posted by skalexander

I don’t know anything about Costa Rica, but isn’t August peak hurricane season in the Caribbean? You might be better changing the dates than the destination, but I appreciate that might be impossible with so many people.

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We are committed to school holidays unfortunately. We have been to the Caribbean in July before and it was more like Florida weather but storms all day and every day is a real worry. We thought the nearby forest/jungle was an amazing experience for the children but if we are confined to hotel it's a waste of money.

[skalexander]

Originally Posted by EssexSue

We are committed to school holidays unfortunately. We have been to the Caribbean in July before and it was more like Florida weather but storms all day and every day is a real worry. We thought the nearby forest/jungle was an amazing experience for the children but if we are confined to hotel it's a waste of money.

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I’d be pretty concerned about the weather in Jamaica in August. It might be amazing, but it might be terrible. Is there any scope for you looking at, say, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bali, Mauritius, Zanzibar, the Seychelles etc - basically flying the other way? Not sure of their climates, but one is surely bound to have decent weather in August.

[Olympiad]

Originally Posted by skalexander

I don’t know anything about Costa Rica, but isn’t August peak hurricane season in the Caribbean? You might be better changing the dates than the destination, but I appreciate that might be impossible with so many people.

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Hi - Costa Rica isn't considered a Caribbean country. It's part of Central America and is so far south below the path of hurricanes, that according to what we were told when there, a hurricane has never made land in CR.

[skalexander]

Originally Posted by Olympiad

Hi - Costa Rica isn't considered a Caribbean country. It's part of Central America and is so far south below the path of hurricanes, that according to what we were told when there, a hurricane has never made land in CR.

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I know where Costa Rica is (but I don’t know anything about the climate), I was talking about the proposed swap to Jamaica

[Myakka17]

Originally Posted by skalexander

I don’t know anything about Costa Rica, but isn’t August peak hurricane season in the Caribbean? You might be better changing the dates than the destination, but I appreciate that might be impossible with so many people.

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I think they sometimes start end of Aug but mainly start in Sept.

[Lindsk]

As I understand it, it depends on which coast you go to. We booked a holiday on the Pacific coast for the end of Nov (hoping wet season would be ending) but no idea if this will go ahead this year.
But definitely worth checking as the wet season generally runs from May to November. However if you’re going to the Caribbean side, you might fare better frommers/destination...ica/when-to-go