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Pérez Zeledón in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 38 minutes.January in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 38 minutes.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 88% of days
Daylight
11h 38mon average

Is January a good time to visit Pérez Zeledón?

A good month, just outside Pérez Zeledón's best months, which run from 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 79°F in January, against 77°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in January, against 25°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

88% of days in January, against 83% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 38m in January, against 11h 35m to 12h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December78°26°low 60°low 16°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. January79°26°low 59°low 15°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. February80°27°low 59°low 15°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Pérez Zeledón sits, in January

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:55 AMsets 5:32 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 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 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.