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Best Time for The Nicoya Peninsula

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Sweet spot: January, February, March. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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Dry-season surf mornings and dusty back roads — the peninsula's Blue Zone rhythm of boards, bowls and yoga decks runs at full hum.
Arribadas at Ostional — thousands of olive ridley turtles landing at once on the dark sand — among nature's great mass events, a short hop from Nosara.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	23.9°C	31.1°C	13 mm	11.5 h
February	24.1°C	32.4°C	7 mm	11.7 h
March	24.6°C	33.4°C	10 mm	11.9 h
April	25.5°C	33.5°C	49 mm	12.2 h
May	25.7°C	31.2°C	238 mm	12.5 h
June	25.4°C	29.3°C	240 mm	12.6 h
July	25.2°C	29.6°C	198 mm	12.5 h
August	25.2°C	29.6°C	239 mm	12.3 h
September	25.1°C	28.8°C	318 mm	12.1 h
October	24.8°C	28.1°C	356 mm	11.8 h
November	24.2°C	28.5°C	171 mm	11.5 h
December	23.8°C	29.6°C	35 mm	11.4 h

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