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Satellite view of Playa Jacó; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa Jacó

Costa RicaPuntarenas Province · Costa Rica · Caribbean Sea

9.6117, -84.6284 · Jacó, 0 km

  • 29°Sea · April
  • 30°High · March
  • 9.4 hSunshine · February
The dot marks Playa Jacó. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Jacó in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 4.7 hSunshine a day
  • 29 daysRainy days in the month337 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 153Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 58 kmAirport: Quepos Managua Airport (XQP)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 28.4 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMarch and April29 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and March9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March28 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°8 h50 mm
  2. Feb29°9 h28 mm
  3. Mar29°9 h39 mm
  4. Apr29°7 h108 mm
  5. May29°6 h277 mm
  6. Jun29°6 h265 mm
  7. Jul29°5 h282 mm
  8. Aug29°5 h268 mm
  9. Sep29°6 h294 mm
  10. Oct28°5 h337 mm
  11. Nov28°5 h235 mm
  12. Dec28°7 h104 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°29°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Feb: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Mar: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Apr: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Oct: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Nov: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 50 mmFeb: 28 mm28Mar: 39 mmApr: 108 mmMay: 277 mmJun: 265 mmJul: 282 mmAug: 268 mmSep: 294 mmOct: 337 mm337Nov: 235 mmDec: 104 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 hFeb: 9.4 h9.4Mar: 9.2 hApr: 7.4 hMay: 5.6 hJun: 5.5 hJul: 5.1 hAug: 5.3 hSep: 5.5 hOct: 4.7 h4.7Nov: 5.4 hDec: 7.2 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Jacó: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Jacó: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2824295098.57
February2924292879.47
March3025293979.28
Aprilwarmest sea302529108167.49
May282529277275.610
June282529265265.510
July282429282275.110
August272429268285.311
September272429294285.511
October262428337294.712
November272428235255.410
December282428104167.28

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa Jacó: Jaco beach - panoramio (1)
Photo: Guy Vaillancourt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Jacó: Jaco beach 2023
Photo: Clemypatate · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Jacó: View of sunset at Bahia Azul Condo on Jaco Beach - panoramio
Photo: drjohn1208 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20202 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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