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Nicoya in March

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Nicoya is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Nicoya is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
12h 03mon average

Is March a good time to visit Nicoya?

A good month, just outside Nicoya's most comfortable months, which run from 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in March, against 6% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in March, against 39% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 03m in March, against 11h 33m to 12h 42m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February95°35°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March96°36°low 76°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April95°35°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Nicoya sits, in March

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:51 AMsets 5:54 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.