Nicoya weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇷 Costa Rica · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Nicoya is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with December and February close behind. Nicoya averages about 2,604 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,604
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 1,725 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Nicoya?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nicoya is January, then December and February. The dullest month is May (67/100, 220 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nicoya?
Nicoya gets a lot of sun: around 2,604 hours a year. January (93/100) is noticeably better than May (67). Nicoya is the sunniest of the 8 destinations tracked in Costa Rica. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around September, carries about 50% of the annual 1,725 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 7 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 4 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 25° / 77°F | 5 mm | 13 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 70 | 34° / 93°F | 26° / 79°F | 38 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 67 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 220 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 227 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 182 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 227 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 303 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 67 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 337 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 151 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 90 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 24 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Nicoya by month
The sea off Nicoya is warmest in March at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in November at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Liberia Costa Rica · 70 km · best in Jan · 2,491 h sun/yr
- San José (Alajuela) Costa Rica · 158 km · best in Feb · 2,387 h sun/yr
- Managua Nicaragua · 247 km · best in Jan · 2,818 h sun/yr
- Tegucigalpa Honduras · 485 km · best in Jan · 2,423 h sun/yr
- San Andrés Colombia · 518 km · best in Feb · 2,607 h sun/yr
- San Salvador (San Luis Talpa) El Salvador · 535 km · best in Nov · 3,137 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- La Fortuna Costa Rica · 130 km · 1,730 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Quepos Costa Rica · 177 km · 2,387 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Limón Costa Rica · 288 km · 1,758 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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