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Costa Rica Climate
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 Costa Rica's stunning scenic heritage unfolds in an ever-changing panorama of steaming volcanoes, forested mountains, dramatic skies and bucolic countryside. Dark lowland jungles give way to rolling savannas; Pacific surf crashes against rocky headlands, sharp contrast to the tranquility of palm-fringed Caribbean beaches.
The climate is idyllic. In the lowland- which are dry in the Pacific northwest and humid elsewhere- daytime temperature range in the eighties too nineties degrees. Usually in the seventies at middle elevations, the mercury can fall as low as the forties and fifties at the top of the mountains. Even night time frost is not a uncommon occurrence on the highest peaks. Within each elevation range, temperature remain relatively constant year-round. Rainfall, on the other hand, is subject to annual and regional patterns.
The northwest (Guanacaste) has a fairly well-defined dry season ("verano" summer) from November to May. The dry season is a month of two shorter along the southern Pacific coast. July also tends to be a dry month on the Pacific slope. Welcome rains during the balance of the year bring about a general greening and freshens the countryside. Rain usually come in afternoon cloudbursts, leaving the morning sunny and the night sky filled with stars. This period is called "invierno" (winter or rainy season) or "Temporada verde" (green season). Rainfall on the Caribbean slope is more evenly distributed throughout the year, with marked dry periods in May-June and again in September-October.
Because it is a tropical country, located between two oceans and with a complex topography, Costa Rica is a country of varied weather conditions.
Throughout the year there are no great temperature variations between the rain (green season) and dry seasons (summer). The average temperature varies approximately 10  degrees from one season to the other. The most important annual variation is that of the precipitation level, which is mainly due to the interaction of the different wind systems that effect the country's topography. Even do Costa Rica is in the Northern Hemisphere it has similar station as in South America. With Summer starting in December and going until March, however from May to August the country offers a mild raining season. The two month in which rain the most are September and October. But this does not apply to the whole country when in September and October it rains a great deal in the Pacific side the Caribbean has a summer type weather. Making Costa Rica a destination you can visit all year long and always able to find sun.
Temperature variations are more defined with altitude. In those regions located between sea level and 3000 feet temperatures will range from 80 degrees to 95 degrees. In those region located from 3000 feet to over 8,000 feet above sea level, they vary between 80 degrees and 55 degrees and those regions located higher than 8000 feet endure temperatures below 55 degrees. If you hear Costa Rica Calling you, them call us. We can be your best friend and source for all your travel needs 1.888.319.8233 |
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