Climate · Pérez Zeledón

Pérez Zeledón in October

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Pérez Zeledón is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 100% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

Is October a good time to visit Pérez Zeledón?


Yes. October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 54m in October, against 11h 35m to 12h 40m through the year.

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

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  1. September78°26°low 62°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October77°25°low 62°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. November77°25°low 61°low 16°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Pérez Zeledón sits, in October

America/Costa Rica

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:22 AMsets 5:18 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days

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.