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Nicoya in February

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Nicoya is hot: highs near 95°F, lows near 75°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.February in Nicoya is hot: highs near 35°C, lows near 24°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.

High
95°F35°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is February a good time to visit Nicoya?

Yes. February is one of Nicoya's most comfortable months (December to February).

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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 95°F in February, against 87°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 35°C in February, against 31°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in February, against 6% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in February, against 39% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in February, against 11h 33m to 12h 42m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. January93°34°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February95°35°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. March96°36°low 76°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Nicoya sits, in February

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:03 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Santa Teresa60 km south-east

The land around Nicoya, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Nicoya

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km north-east of Nicoya. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (216 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (216 m). 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.