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Santa Teresa in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 34 minutes.May in Santa Teresa is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 34 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 86% of days
Daylight
12h 34mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

86% of days in May, against 11% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. April89°32°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May87°31°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. June86°30°low 76°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Santa Teresa sits, in May

America/Costa Rica
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:20 AMsets 5:54 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.