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Santa Teresa in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 93% of days
Daylight
12h 25mon average

Is August a good time to visit Santa Teresa?

A good month, just outside Santa Teresa's best months, which run from December to March.

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 85°F in August, against 84°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

93% of days in August, against 11% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in August, against 43% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 25m in August, against 11h 34m to 12h 41m 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. July85°29°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August85°29°low 76°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September85°29°low 76°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Santa Teresa sits, in August

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:32 AMsets 5:59 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
9.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nicoya60 km north-west

The land around Santa Teresa, 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 Santa Teresa

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santa Teresa. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.