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Costa Rica map of Köppen climate classification. The climate is tropical. Hot season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands. Because Costa Rica is located between 8 and 12 degrees north of the Equator, the climate is tropical year round.
November 3–5, 2020 – The outer bands of Hurricane Eta brought significant rainfall to Costa Rica. A mudslide killed 2 people as flooding was reported in parts of the country. [63] [64] June 30–July 1, 2022 – Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in Costa Rica, just south of the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border.
This climate is characterized by relatively even temperatures throughout the year (all months being greater than 18 °C (64 °F) average temperature), and a pronounced dry season. The driest month has less than 60 mm of precipitation, but more than (100-(average/25) mm. This climate is mid-way between a tropical rainforest and a tropical savannah.
Costa Rica experiences a tropical climate year-round. There are two seasons. The dry season is December to April, and the rainy season is May to November. March and April are the hottest months in the country, while December and January are the coldest.
Temperatures on Mount Chirripo during the day can range between 4 and 18 °C (39 and 64 °F), and at night they can drop from 1 and −3 °C (34 and 27 °F), with this and the Irazú Volcano being the only places in the country that can report these temperatures, so that in the morning the grass is covered with frost. The coldest temperature ...
U.S. women's national team midfielder Sam Coffey battles Costa Rica in the USWNT's final match before the 2024 Paris Olympics. Temperatures in Washington D.C., the site of the game, topped 100 ...
San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's cantons, with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) [4] and having within it an estimated population of 352,381 people in ...
The Costa Rica dome is a biodiversity hotspot for marine life. [1] The presence of a seasonally predictable strong and shallow thermocline associated with cyclonic circulation and upwelling make the Costa Rica Dome a distinct biological habitat, with zoo-plankton and phytoplankton biomass significantly higher than in the tropical waters surrounding it. [11]