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San José in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in San José is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 33 minutes.December in San José is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 33 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
11h 33mon average

Is December 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in December, against 77°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in December, against 25°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in December, against 23% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in December, against 57% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

11h 33m in December, against 11h 33m to 12h 42m 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 64°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December78°26°low 62°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January79°26°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where San José sits, in December

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:45 AMsets 5:18 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 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 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.