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Guanacaste (Liberia) in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Guanacaste (Liberia) is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Guanacaste (Liberia) is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 58% of days
Daylight
12h 37mon average

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

May sits outside Guanacaste (Liberia)'s most comfortable months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in May, against 86°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in May, against 30°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

58% of days in May, against 2% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in May, against 37% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 37m in May, against 11h 31m to 12h 44m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April95°35°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May92°33°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June88°31°low 74°low 23°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Guanacaste (Liberia) sits, in May

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:20 AMsets 5:56 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
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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.