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Santa Teresa in January

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 37 minutes.January in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 37 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
11h 37mon average

Is January a good time to visit Santa Teresa?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in January, against 84°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in January, against 11% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 37m in January, against 11h 34m to 12h 41m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December85°29°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January87°31°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February89°32°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santa Teresa sits, in January

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:01 AMsets 5:38 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.