Puerto Limón climate — normals and trends
Puerto Limón (Costa Rica) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 3,147 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is May (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Puerto Limón averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 306 rainy days per year.
Puerto Limón has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 3 June 2023) and the coldest 20.3 °C (on 1 February 1965).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Puerto LimónLimón Province
- coords
- 9.99°, -83.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.5°C
Average daily high
26.9°C
Average daily low
24.3°C
Annual rainfall
3,147mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
1.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
306 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.0 °C
Average feels-like low
28.3 °C
Average peak gust
21.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
30.9 °C
3 June 2023
Coldest day
20.3 °C
1 February 1965
Wettest day
257 mm
9 November 1976
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
15 April 2016
Strongest gust
61.2 km/h
10 December 2017
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
26 May 2020
Coldest feels-like
20.8 °C
22 November 2006
Sunniest day
12.6 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 247 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 27.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 162 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 83 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 27.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 316 mm | +188 mm |
| May | 28.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 248 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 454 mm | +154 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 433 mm | +59 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 199 mm | -83 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 257 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 28.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 359 mm | +55 mm |
| Nov | 26.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 572 mm | +152 mm |
| Dec | 26.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 202 mm | -172 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Limón?
Puerto Limón has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 3,147 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Limón?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2023, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Limón?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1965, at 20.3 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Limón?
Almost never: Puerto Limón sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Limón warmed?
Yes: Puerto Limón warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Limón?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 9 November 1976, with 257 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Limón?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Limón between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2016, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Limón?
The warmest month in Puerto Limón is May (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Limón?
Puerto Limón receives on average 3,147 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 306 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Limón?
Puerto Limón gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Limón?
Yes: Puerto Limón has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Limón?
In Puerto Limón, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 26 May 2020, and the lowest was 20.8 °C on 22 November 2006.
Compare Puerto Limón with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Puerto Limón