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Guanacaste (Liberia) in January

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Guanacaste (Liberia) is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 73°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.January in Guanacaste (Liberia) is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 34mon average

Is January a good time to visit Guanacaste (Liberia)?

Yes. January is one of Guanacaste (Liberia)'s most comfortable months (December to January).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in January, against 86°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 30°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in January, against 2% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

37% cover in January, against 37% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 34m in January, against 11h 31m to 12h 44m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December87°31°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January88°31°low 73°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February90°32°low 73°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Guanacaste (Liberia) sits, in January

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:04 AMsets 5:37 PM
Above the sea
140 mlow-lying
Latitude
10.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Liberia27 km west

The land around Guanacaste (Liberia), shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Costa Rica in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Guanacaste (Liberia)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Guanacaste (Liberia). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.