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Santa Teresa in December

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.December in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
11h 34mon average

Is December a good time to visit Santa Teresa?

Yes. December is one of Santa Teresa's best months (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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in December, against 11% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in December, against 43% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 34m in December, against 11h 34m to 12h 41m 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. November84°29°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January87°31°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santa Teresa sits, in December

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:49 AMsets 5:23 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 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 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.