Climate Bocas del Toro International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Juan Santamaría International Airport (MROC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.1	99	98	100	99	100
February	99.3	98	100	100	100	100
March	99.1	98	96	100	100	100
April	95.7		96	91	94	96
May	90.5		94	82	95	92
June	87.1		88	77	89	87
July	92.4		88	86	93	92
August	90.0		92	86	85	85
September	84.8		85	77	82	83
October	81.5		70	79	84	85
November	87.3		82	82	94	72
December	98.1		97	100	98	96
Average	92.8	98.4	90.1	87.6	92.6	90.5

3rd best VFR conditions of Costa Rica

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.5	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.5	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.5	99	99	100	100	100
April	98.0		98	96	98	98
May	96.9		99	92	99	98
June	96.0		97	91	96	96
July	97.4		97	95	98	99
August	96.7		97	94	97	94
September	95.1		94	92	95	95
October	94.4		93	92	97	95
November	96.0		95	94	99	90
December	99.3		99	100	100	99
Average	97.6	99.3	97.2	95.1	98.1	97.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.9	29	28	28	28	28
February	28.6	29	28	28	29	29
March	29.3	31	28	29	29	30
April	29.2		29	28	28	30
May	27.9		30	27	28	28
June	27.3		28	26	27	27
July	27.6		29	27	27	28
August	27.4		28	27	27	27
September	27.2		29	27	27	27
October	26.2		27	26	27	26
November	26.6		27	26	27	25
December	27.4		28	27	28	27
Average	27.9	29.6	28.2	27.2	27.5	27.7

3rd highest temperature of Costa Rica

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.3	20	19	19	19	20
February	19.2	20	20	19	19	20
March	19.5	20	19	20	19	20
April	19.7		20	20	20	20
May	19.8		21	19	20	20
June	19.3		20	18	19	19
July	19.6		20	19	20	20
August	19.5		21	19	19	20
September	18.7		20	18	18	19
October	19.0		20	19	19	19
November	19.1		19	18	19	19
December	19.5		20	19	20	19
Average	19.4	20.2	19.7	18.8	19.3	19.5

2nd lowest temperature of Costa Rica

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.9	1	1	0	1	2
February	0.4	1	0	0	1	0
March	1.6	0	6	3	1	0
April	5.7		1	11	10	7
May	11.2		7	15	9	9
June	10.9		12	16	8	14
July	10.7		9	14	13	9
August	9.1		11	9	11	9
September	11.5		11	13	10	12
October	14.0		18	14	9	15
November	10.6		12	14	6	17
December	2.1		2	0	1	4
Average	6.6	0.6	7.7	9.5	6.6	8.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.9	13	12	12	12	13
February	13.9	13	16	14	12	15
March	12.7	11	10	12	13	14
April	9.6		11	8	9	9
May	7.3		9	6	8	8
June	6.9		7	6	7	7
July	8.2		9	7	8	8
August	7.5		8	7	7	8
September	6.8		8	6	7	7
October	6.4		6	6	7	6
November	7.8		7	6	9	7
December	11.4		11	11	11	11
Average	9.6	12.2	9.5	8.3	9.0	9.4

3rd highest wind speed of Costa Rica

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	100°	097°	100°	095°	091°
February	101°	091°	094°	105°	095°
March	107°	107°	103°	102°	095°
April		113°	127°	113°	116°
May		109°	233°	124°	143°
June		202°	231°	199°	225°
July		112°	132°	107°	142°
August		135°	210°	202°	188°
September		180°	247°	225°	231°
October		245°	228°	236°	239°
November		177°	206°	110°	236°
December		099°	096°	099°	105°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.