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San José in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in San José is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.August in San José is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 96% of days
Daylight
12h 26mon average

Is August a good time to visit San José?

A good month, just outside San José's best months, which run from January 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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 79°F in August, against 77°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 25°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

96% of days in August, against 23% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in August, against 57% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

12h 26m in August, against 11h 33m to 12h 42m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July78°26°low 64°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August79°26°low 64°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September79°26°low 64°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where San José sits, in August

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:27 AMsets 5:55 PM
Above the sea
1,160 mupland
Latitude
9.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pérez Zeledón75 km south-east

The land around San José, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in San José

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San José. 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 (1,160 m) against the climate model's (1,273 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 (1,160 m) against the climate model's (1,273 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.