Best time to go to, climate and weather Costa Rica
Everything you want to know about the weather, climate, time difference, vaccinations and best travel months for Costa Rica
Best time to visit and weather Costa Rica
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Best time to visit and weather Costa Rica
The best time to go to Costa Rica is from january until march, in which you have a pleasant or warm temperature and little rainfall. The highest average temperature in Costa Rica is 28° in april and the lowest is 24° in october.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Costa Rica or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
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| Jan | 25° | 57 mm | |
| Feb | 26° | 84 mm | |
| Mar | 27° | 95 mm | |
| Apr | 28° | 224 mm | |
| May | 26° | 659 mm | |
| Jun | 25° | 906 mm | |
| Jul | 25° | 807 mm | |
| Aug | 25° | 772 mm | |
| Sep | 25° | 806 mm | |
| Oct | 24° | 960 mm | |
| Nov | 24° | 460 mm | |
| Dec | 24° | 168 mm |
- No or hardly any rainfall
- Little rainfall
- Sometimes rainfall
- Regular rainfall
- Often rainfall
- Almost always rainfall
Want to know more about the climate of Costa Rica? Go to the full climate information about Costa Rica
Best travel months
What a nice travel month for someone is can vary per type of traveler. That is why we also have the best time to go to Costa Rica indicated per type of trip. Do you like warm or cold, sun or snow? Below you will immediately find the most suitable travel months for Costa Rica.
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Holiday Costa Rica
Hotels and apartments in Costa Rica
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Flight tickets to Costa Rica
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Climate Costa Rica
Climate Costa Rica
In Costa Rica there are 2 types of climates prevailing, namely the tropical monsoon climate and tropical wet and dry or savanna climate. The average annual temperature for Costa Rica is 25° degrees and there is 5999 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 22 days a year with an average humidity of 86% and an UV-index of 4.
Below you can find the average temperature, rainfall and the number of dry and sunny days for San José in Costa Rica per month.
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Average min °C |
MM rain |
Rain days |
Dry days |
Wind force in Bft |
Average UV-index |
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| Jan | 25° | 13° | 57 mm | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| Feb | 26° | 14° | 84 mm | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Mar | 27° | 14° | 95 mm | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Apr | 28° | 16° | 224 mm | 26 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| May | 26° | 18° | 659 mm | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jun | 25° | 17° | 906 mm | 30 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jul | 25° | 16° | 807 mm | 31 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Aug | 25° | 16° | 772 mm | 31 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep | 25° | 17° | 806 mm | 30 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Oct | 24° | 17° | 960 mm | 31 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Nov | 24° | 15° | 460 mm | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dec | 24° | 14° | 168 mm | 25 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Climate per month
Weather in january
On average, it is maximum 25° in january in Costa Rica and at least around 13° degrees. In january there are 19 days of rainfall with a total of 57 mm and the it will be dry 12 days this month in Costa Rica.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in february
On average, it is maximum 26° in february in Costa Rica and at least around 14° degrees. In february there are 18 days of rainfall with a total of 84 mm and the it will be dry 10 days this month in Costa Rica.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in march
On average, it is maximum 27° in march in Costa Rica and at least around 14° degrees. In march there are 23 days of rainfall with a total of 95 mm and the it will be dry 8 days this month in Costa Rica.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in april
On average, it is maximum 28° in april in Costa Rica and at least around 16° degrees. In april there are 26 days of rainfall with a total of 224 mm and the it will be dry 4 days this month in Costa Rica.
Weather in may
On average, it is maximum 26° in may in Costa Rica and at least around 18° degrees. In may there are 30 days of rainfall with a total of 659 mm and the it will be dry 1 day this month in Costa Rica.
Weather in june
On average, it is maximum 25° in june in Costa Rica and at least around 17° degrees. In june there are 30 days of rainfall with a total of 906 mm
Weather in july
On average, it is maximum 25° in july in Costa Rica and at least around 16° degrees. In july there are 31 days of rainfall with a total of 807 mm
Weather in august
On average, it is maximum 25° in august in Costa Rica and at least around 16° degrees. In august there are 31 days of rainfall with a total of 772 mm
Weather in september
On average, it is maximum 25° in september in Costa Rica and at least around 17° degrees. In september there are 30 days of rainfall with a total of 806 mm
Weather in october
On average, it is maximum 24° in october in Costa Rica and at least around 17° degrees. In october there are 31 days of rainfall with a total of 960 mm
Weather in november
On average, it is maximum 24° in november in Costa Rica and at least around 15° degrees. In november there are 29 days of rainfall with a total of 460 mm and the it will be dry 1 day this month in Costa Rica.
Weather in december
On average, it is maximum 24° in december in Costa Rica and at least around 14° degrees. In december there are 25 days of rainfall with a total of 168 mm and the it will be dry 6 days this month in Costa Rica.
Weather statistics Costa Rica
Weather statistics Costa Rica
View all weather statistics from Costa Rica per month. In our graph you see the temperatures and the amount of rainfall on average in a given month. We also offer a comparison of the average temperatures and rainfall between Costa Rica and United Kingdom.
Weather forecast Costa Rica
About Costa Rica
Time difference Costa Rica
Vaccinations Costa Rica
Reisadvies
Currency Costa Rica
14 day weather forecast Costa Rica
The weather for San José in Costa Rica will be 23° till 17° degrees in the next 14 days with every day chance of light rain showers till heavy rain.
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| Max (°C) | 23° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° |
| Min (°C) | 15° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° |
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| Rainfall (%) | 40% | 25% | 15% | 45% | 15% | 10% | 25% |
| Rainfall (mm) | 3.8mm | 2.1mm | 1.0mm | 4.8mm | 1.0mm | 0.5mm | 2.2mm |
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| UV-index | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
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| Max (°C) | 21° | 23° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 16° |
| Min (°C) | 13° | 14° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 14° |
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| Rainfall (%) | 30% | 20% | 15% | 90% | 95% | 85% | 15% |
| Rainfall (mm) | 2.8mm | 1.3mm | 0.9mm | 49.3mm | 75.8mm | 29.4mm | 0.1mm |
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| UV-index | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
About Costa Rica
Costa Rica is in the continental part Noord-Amerika and the capital is San José. It is 51.100 km² with 1.290 km of coastline and has a population of 4.947.490. In terms of area, the country is 5x as small as United Kingdom. If you want to call Costa Rica you have to use +506 or 00506 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +5065012457809 or 005065012457809.
Costa Rica is in a straight line at 8.728 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 12 hour and 05 min.
Time difference Costa Rica
In Costa Rica it is now 23:38 hour in the evening on tuesday 20 november 2018. That is 6 hour earlier than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Costa Rica is America/Costa_Rica and the Greenwich time is UTC-06.
Vaccinations Costa Rica
Recommended vaccinations
- DTP (Difterie, Tetanus en Polio)
- Hepatitis A (besmettelijke geelzucht)
Person and travel related vaccinations
These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Costa Rica.
- Dengue (knokkelkoorts)
- Gele koorts
- Hepatitis B
- Rabiës
- ZIKA-virus
Reisadvies Costa Rica
Bron: Nederlandwereldwijd.nl - Rijksoverheid
In het land komen stakingen voor door overheidspersoneel. Deze stakingen zorgen voor overlast. Wegen en distributiecentra van brandstof worden geblokkeerd en brandstof is op sommige plekken niet beschikbaar. Houd daar rekening mee als u in Costa Rica reist.
Bekijk het actuele reisadvies voor Costa Rica op de site van de Rijksoverheid.
Currency Costa Rica
In Costa Rica the Costa Ricaanse colon is used to pay.
Exchange rate Costa Ricaanse colon op 21 november 2018
1 Costa Ricaanse colon = € 0,00 euro
100 Costa Ricaanse colon = € 0,15 euro
1 euro = 648,77 Costa Ricaanse colon
100 euro = 64.877,00 Costa Ricaanse colon
Install exchange rate app
It can be difficult to calculate the exchange rate yourself. Install an app on your phone that updates the exchange rate daily. By entering the local price you immediately see what the price is in Euro.
Bring your credit card
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
MasterCard ATM Hunter
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