Juan Santamaría International Airport

MROC · Alajuela, Costa Rica

Climate Juan Santamaría International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Juan Santamaría International Airport (MROC) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.1 100 99 98 100 99
February 99.3 99 98 100 100 100
March 99.1 98 96 100 100
April 95.7 96 96 91 94
May 89.5 83 94 82 95
June 84.0 64 88 77 89
July 91.0 82 88 86 93
August 88.9 82 92 86 85
September 82.4 67 85 77 82
October 80.8 76 70 79 84
November 83.1 56 82 82 94
December 97.8 96 97 100 98
Average 91.8 99.5 82.6 90.1 87.6 92.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.6 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.5 99 99 100 100
April 98.1 99 98 96 98
May 96.8 96 99 92 99
June 95.1 89 97 91 96
July 96.9 93 97 95 98
August 96.3 94 97 94 97
September 94.5 91 94 92 95
October 94.4 94 93 92 97
November 93.8 80 95 94 99
December 99.3 99 99 100 100
Average 97.3 100.0 94.3 97.2 95.1 98.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 27.9 28.0 29.1 27.5 28.0 27.8
February 28.6 28.6 28.8 28.0 28.1 28.8
March 29.3 30.8 28.3 29.3 29.0
April 29.3 30.3 29.1 28.3 28.1
May 28.0 28.6 29.6 27.0 27.6
June 27.2 27.0 28.3 25.5 27.1
July 27.6 27.5 28.6 26.8 27.1
August 27.4 28.1 28.3 27.0 26.5
September 27.2 27.0 28.6 27.3 27.0
October 26.3 26.8 26.6 26.1 26.8
November 26.4 24.8 27.3 25.8 27.1
December 27.3 26.8 28.1 26.6 27.8
Average 27.8 28.2 27.9 28.2 27.2 27.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 19.3 19.8 20.3 18.8 18.6 19.1
February 19.3 20.1 20.0 19.8 18.6 19.3
March 19.5 20.3 18.5 19.5 19.3
April 19.9 20.8 19.8 19.5 19.8
May 19.8 20.1 20.6 19.3 19.8
June 19.4 20.1 19.5 18.1 19.3
July 19.6 19.8 20.1 19.3 19.6
August 19.5 20.0 20.5 19.1 19.1
September 18.8 20.0 20.1 17.5 18.0
October 19.1 19.8 20.1 18.8 19.1
November 19.1 19.3 19.3 18.3 19.3
December 19.6 20.3 20.0 19.1 19.6
Average 19.5 20.0 20.1 19.7 18.8 19.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.2 4 1 1 0 1
February 0.8 4 1 0 0 1
March 1.6 0 6 3 1
April 5.6 5 1 11 10
May 10.6 7 7 15 9
June 11.7 17 12 16 8
July 10.8 11 9 14 13
August 8.9 7 11 9 11
September 12.0 16 11 13 10
October 14.2 15 18 14 9
November 13.2 30 12 14 6
December 2.5 5 2 0 1
Average 7.3 3.7 9.7 7.7 9.5 6.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.7 12 13 12 12 12
February 13.8 13 13 16 14 12
March 12.7 11 10 12 13
April 9.8 11 11 8 9
May 7.2 7 9 6 8
June 6.8 6 7 6 7
July 8.0 7 9 7 8
August 7.5 7 8 7 7
September 6.7 6 8 6 7
October 6.4 7 6 6 7
November 7.5 6 7 6 9
December 11.2 10 11 11 11
Average 9.5 12.0 8.5 9.5 8.3 9.0

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 093° 100° 097° 100° 095°
February 096° 101° 091° 094° 105°
March 107° 107° 103° 102°
April 109° 113° 127° 113°
May 222° 109° 233° 124°
June 241° 202° 231° 199°
July 158° 112° 132° 107°
August 194° 135° 210° 202°
September 239° 180° 247° 225°
October 218° 245° 228° 236°
November 237° 177° 206° 110°
December 095° 099° 096° 099°

Prevailing wind direction

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