Costa Rica climate

Costa Rica Weather in September

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Costa Rica, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on September 1 to 32°C on September 30, and lows from 27°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 165 mm over about 18 wet days.

September day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Costa Rica, in °C, with the record for each date.2025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

September at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
26°C
Precipitation
165 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CSep 29, 1994
Reanalysis low
22°CSep 25, 2002
Daylight
12 h 37 min to 11 h 56 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
24°C
Wind
9.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Sep 131°C27°C35°C 200025°C 199677%
Sep 231°C27°C35°C 199925°C 199677%
Sep 331°C26°C35°C 200025°C 199675%
Sep 431°C26°C34°C 199925°C 199874%
Sep 531°C26°C34°C 199925°C 199674%
Sep 631°C26°C36°C 200024°C 200773%
Sep 731°C26°C35°C 200025°C 201172%
Sep 831°C26°C34°C 200024°C 201171%
Sep 931°C26°C34°C 200025°C 200469%
Sep 1031°C26°C35°C 200925°C 201867%
Sep 1131°C26°C35°C 199425°C 199267%
Sep 1231°C26°C34°C 200525°C 201767%
Sep 1331°C26°C35°C 199924°C 199665%
Sep 1431°C26°C35°C 200523°C 199364%
Sep 1531°C26°C36°C 200524°C 199662%
Sep 1631°C26°C35°C 200523°C 199660%
Sep 1731°C26°C36°C 199423°C 200659%
Sep 1831°C26°C35°C 199424°C 199658%
Sep 1931°C26°C34°C 202024°C 199356%
Sep 2031°C26°C34°C 199724°C 199153%
Sep 2132°C26°C36°C 200523°C 200850%
Sep 2232°C26°C36°C 200524°C 201249%
Sep 2332°C26°C35°C 200523°C 200248%
Sep 2432°C26°C35°C 200123°C 200246%
Sep 2532°C26°C36°C 200122°C 200244%
Sep 2632°C26°C35°C 199423°C 200242%
Sep 2732°C26°C35°C 199923°C 199140%
Sep 2832°C26°C36°C 199423°C 201338%
Sep 2932°C26°C37°C 199423°C 201037%
Sep 3032°C25°C35°C 199122°C 202036%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Costa Rica, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-7).

September 1
sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
September 30
sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 5:57 PM

Every day of September: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.