Santa Cruz Airport

MRSC · Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Climate Santa Cruz Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Guanacaste Airport (MRLB) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.7 100 100 100 99 99
February 99.6 100 100 100 98 100
March 99.5 100 100 98 99 100
April 99.3 99 100 98 99
May 95.1 95 99 92 98
June 92.5 80 97 84 96
July 96.2 86 98 94 98
August 95.0 93 96 92 93
September 91.8 87 97 92 92
October 88.8 94 90 87 91
November 90.4 71 89 85 99
December 98.8 96 99 100 100
Average 95.9 99.8 91.5 96.7 92.9 96.9

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 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
February 99.7 100 100 100 99 100
March 99.6 100 100 99 99 100
April 99.5 99 100 98 100
May 98.1 97 99 97 100
June 96.3 89 98 94 98
July 98.1 95 99 97 99
August 97.2 96 96 95 96
September 95.4 94 98 95 95
October 94.2 96 94 91 95
November 96.1 91 95 93 99
December 99.3 99 99 100 100
Average 98.0 100.0 96.2 97.9 96.2 98.3

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 32.7 31.8 33.8 32.5 32.6 32.3
February 33.6 33.3 34.2 33.1 33.2 33.3
March 34.6 35.5 35.8 33.7 34.1 33.7
April 35.0 35.7 34.7 34.7 33.5
May 33.1 34.2 35.5 32.1 32.6
June 31.2 30.3 32.7 29.6 31.6
July 31.7 31.5 33.2 31.0 31.6
August 31.5 31.8 32.7 31.0 30.5
September 31.1 30.1 33.2 30.1 30.8
October 30.3 30.8 31.1 30.3 30.8
November 30.5 28.3 31.8 29.8 31.0
December 32.1 31.3 32.7 31.3 32.2
Average 32.4 33.5 32.3 33.1 31.6 32.0

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 21.3 22.6 22.5 21.1 18.8 19.1
February 22.2 23.3 21.3 23.6 21.3 20.6
March 22.3 22.8 21.8 21.6 21.6 21.3
April 23.1 24.5 21.8 22.5 22.5
May 23.6 24.5 24.3 22.3 22.6
June 23.1 23.6 23.8 23.1 21.1
July 22.8 22.1 24.1 23.3 22.8
August 22.7 23.1 23.0 22.3 22.1
September 22.7 23.3 22.6 23.1 21.3
October 22.3 22.8 22.6 22.5 21.3
November 21.9 22.6 22.8 22.8 19.6
December 22.2 22.6 21.8 21.6 21.6
Average 22.5 22.9 22.9 22.7 22.1 21.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
April 0.6 1 0 1 1
May 6.3 5 1 10 2
June 9.3 20 3 21 5
July 4.2 6 2 8 4
August 6.3 4 4 8 13
September 7.3 12 3 13 4
October 12.4 9 15 9 5
November 9.3 28 8 13 2
December 1.0 4 1 0 1
Average 4.3 0.0 7.5 3.2 7.3 3.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.8 11 13 13 12 13
February 14.6 14 12 18 15 13
March 13.2 11 11 11 12 15
April 10.0 12 10 9 10
May 6.9 6 10 5 8
June 6.0 5 6 5 6
July 7.5 6 9 6 8
August 6.5 5 7 6 6
September 5.4 5 6 5 6
October 5.1 5 5 5 5
November 6.3 5 6 6 7
December 10.2 8 9 11 9
Average 9.0 11.8 7.6 9.0 7.8 8.7

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 072° 077° 077° 074° 079°
February 076° 077° 076° 079° 084°
March 072° 068° 075° 077° 085°
April 071° 074° 080° 091°
May 276° 073° 239° 092°
June 252° 107° 223° 102°
July 095° 086° 089° 093°
August 089° 087° 072° 118°
September 274° 098° 255° 174°
October 255° 173° 257° 269°
November 225° 077° 072° 088°
December 077° 079° 078° 083°

Prevailing wind direction

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