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Pérez Zeledón in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.December in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 98% of days
Daylight
11h 35mon average

Is December a good time to visit Pérez Zeledón?

Yes. December is one of Pérez Zeledón's best months (September to December).

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in December, against 77°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in December, against 25°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

98% of days in December, against 83% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in December, against 55% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

11h 35m in December, against 11h 35m to 12h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November77°25°low 61°low 16°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. December78°26°low 60°low 16°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. January79°26°low 59°low 15°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Pérez Zeledón sits, in December

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:42 AMsets 5:17 PM
Above the sea
1,000 mupland
Latitude
9.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San José75 km north-west

The land around Pérez Zeledón, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Pérez Zeledón

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pérez Zeledón. 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 (1,000 m) against the climate model's (933 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 (1,000 m) against the climate model's (933 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.