Climate averages 1991–2020
San José weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in San José: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is David (247 km away). In July its highs average 28.3°C, 4.1°C warmer than San José, with 424 mm of rain.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 293 mm to 345 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
San José climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 104 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 25.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 69 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 102 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 25.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 357 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 385 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| July, selected | 24.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 293 | 28.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 24.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 345 | 28.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 24.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 391 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 430 | 30.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 23.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 312 | 25.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 169 | 17.8 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- David in JulyPanama · 247 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 424 mm rain
- Granada, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 302 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Masaya in JulyNicaragua · 316 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Managua in JulyNicaragua · 340 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Matagalpa in JulyNicaragua · 388 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 81 mm rain
- León, Nicaragua in JulyNicaragua · 413 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Estelí in JulyNicaragua · 430 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Chinandega in JulyNicaragua · 447 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 167 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for San José) is explained once on the San José year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.