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Costa Rica climate
Tropical, warm year-round. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:San José · Limón · Alajuela · Liberia · Puntarenas · Cartago
Browse all 7 cities in Costa Rica
Grouped by climate type, then by population.
Aw
Tropical savanna (dry winter)
2 citiesAf
Tropical rainforest
1 cityA few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Costa Rica.
Climate types in Costa Rica
Costa Rica spans 3 climate types. All climate types:
Climate records across Costa Rica — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Puntarenas (81.8 °F avg) · Coolest Cartago (74.5 °F avg) · Wettest Limón (182 in/yr) · Driest Cartago (59 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Costa Rica sits well between them.