Annual Rainfall Averages for Costa Rica
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Costa Rica. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: North – Central Costa Rica covering the provinces of Alajuela and Heredia, Western Costa Rica comprising Puntarenas and Guanacaste provinces, and Central & Eastern Costa Rica taking in San José, Cartago and Limón provinces.
These annual amounts of precipitation are averages of weather data collected over many years.
North – Central Costa Rica
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
174 | Alajuela | 68.8 | 1747 |
184 | Barva | 95.5 | 2425 |
– | Heredia | 91.4 | 2321 |
212 | La Selva Station | 157.4 | 3999 |
239 | Los Chiles | 68.3 | 1734 |
234 | Quesada | 143.5 | 3644 |
246 | Upala | 93.6 | 2379 |
Western Costa Rica
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
202 | Buenos Aires | 134.5 | 3416 |
– | Cañas | 61.4 | 1560 |
– | Filadelfia | 71.9 | 1825 |
114 | Liberia | 64.6 | 1640 |
205 | Monteverde | 97.8 | 2483 |
156 | Nicoya | 68.9 | 1749 |
136 | Puntarenas | 54.3 | 1380 |
216 | Quepos | 147.7 | 3752 |
234 | Río Claro | 195.0 | 4954 |
164 | Tilaran | 74.8 | 1900 |
Central & Eastern Costa Rica
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
231 | Cartago | 57.8 | 1468 |
260 | Guapiles | 180.2 | 4577 |
217 | Limón | 141.2 | 3586 |
– | San Isidro | 107.4 | 2729 |
176 | San José | 68.4 | 1737 |
– | Sixaola | 107.7 | 2735 |
– | Turrialba | 102.6 | 2606 |
Reference
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional De Costa Rica. Climatic Data..
World Meteorological Organization. World Weather Information Service. Costa Rica.