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20 Places With Weather Like San José, Costa Rica

With highs from 86°F (30°C) to 90°F (32°C) and 109 in (2768 mm) of rain a year, San José, Costa Rica is hot all year. These 20 cities have the closest month-by-month highs, lows, rain, humidity and sunshine of any with 25,000+ people, with seasons lined up across hemispheres. Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua comes out on top at 99%; 19 of the 20 are outside Costa Rica.

The 20 closest climates

  1. 🇳🇮Nueva GuineaSouth Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua · Pop. 53k99%matchSame nighttime lowsSimilar rainfallSan José vs Nueva Guinea →
  2. 🇳🇮Puerto CabezasNorth Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua · Pop. 34k96%matchSame nighttime lowsSimilar rainfallSan José vs Puerto Cabezas →
  3. 🇵🇦DavidChiriquí Province, Panama · Pop. 83k95%matchSame nighttime lowsSame daytime highsSan José vs David →
  4. 🇹🇹ChaguanasTrinidad and Tobago · Pop. 67k95%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Chaguanas →
  5. 🇲🇶Fort-de-FranceMartinique, Martinique · Pop. 90k94%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Fort-de-France →
  6. 🇮🇩Tual↻Seasons flipped. Maluku, Indonesia · Pop. 90k94%matchSame daytime highsSimilar rainfallSan José vs Tual →
  7. 🇳🇮BluefieldsSouth Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua · Pop. 44k94%matchSame nighttime lowsSame sunshineSan José vs Bluefields →
  8. 🇬🇹Puerto BarriosIzabal Department, Guatemala · Pop. 101k94%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Puerto Barrios →
  9. 🇧🇿Belize CityBelize District, Belize · Pop. 65k93%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Belize City →
  10. 🇮🇩Polewali↻Seasons flipped. West Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 66k93%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Polewali →
  11. 🇱🇨Gros IsletGros-Islet, Saint Lucia · Pop. 25k93%matchSame daytime highsSame sunshineSan José vs Gros Islet →
  12. 🇮🇩Dobo↻Seasons flipped. Maluku, Indonesia · Pop. 52k93%matchSame daytime highsSame humiditySan José vs Dobo →
  13. 🇭🇳Puerto CortezCortés Department, Honduras · Pop. 142k93%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Puerto Cortez →
  14. 🇨🇷LimónLimón Province, Costa Rica · Pop. 63k93%matchSame nighttime lowsSame daytime highsSan José vs Limón →
  15. 🇮🇩Palopo↻Seasons flipped. South Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 185k92%matchSame nighttime lowsSame daytime highsSan José vs Palopo →
  16. 🇵🇦Panama CityPanamá, Panama · Pop. 408k92%matchSame daytime highsSame humiditySan José vs Panama City →
  17. 🇮🇩Bungku↻Seasons flipped. Central Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 25k92%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Bungku →
  18. 🇨🇴San Pedro de UrabáAntioquia, Colombia · Pop. 31k92%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs San Pedro de Urabá →
  19. 🇲🇾Kota KinabaluSabah, Malaysia · Pop. 500k91%matchSame humidityWetter dry seasonSan José vs Kota Kinabalu →
  20. 🇮🇩Majene↻Seasons flipped. West Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 74k91%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Majene →

↻ = seasons flipped: a city across the equator is compared six months apart, so its January lines up with San José's July.

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Like San José, but…

Like San José, but warmer

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  1. 🇮🇩Kendari↻Seasons flipped. Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 351k90%matchSame humidityDrier wet seasonSan José vs Kendari →
  2. 🇲🇾Kota KinabaluSabah, Malaysia · Pop. 500k89%matchSame humidityWetter dry seasonSan José vs Kota Kinabalu →
  3. 🇵🇭Roxas CityWestern Visayas, Philippines · Pop. 185k87%matchSame daytime highsSame humiditySan José vs Roxas City →
  4. 🇮🇩Raha↻Seasons flipped. Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 70k86%matchSame sunshineDrier dry seasonSan José vs Raha →
  5. 🇮🇩Sanana↻Seasons flipped. North Maluku, Indonesia · Pop. 30k85%matchSame humidityDrier wet seasonSan José vs Sanana →

Like San José, but drier

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  1. 🇧🇿Belize CityBelize District, Belize · Pop. 65k97%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Belize City →
  2. 🇹🇹ChaguanasTrinidad and Tobago · Pop. 67k96%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Chaguanas →
  3. 🇮🇩Baubau↻Seasons flipped. Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 161k94%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Baubau →
  4. 🇮🇩Raha↻Seasons flipped. Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia · Pop. 70k94%matchSame sunshineDrier dry seasonSan José vs Raha →
  5. 🇵🇦Panama CityPanamá, Panama · Pop. 408k94%matchSame daytime highsSame humiditySan José vs Panama City →

Like San José, but sunnier

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  1. 🇰🇲Moroni↻Seasons flipped. Grande Comore, Comoros · Pop. 75k83%matchMore sunSan José vs Moroni →
  2. 🇬🇵Le GosierGuadeloupe, Guadeloupe · Pop. 29k83%matchSame daytime highsSame nighttime lowsSan José vs Le Gosier →
  3. 🇳🇮BoacoBoaco Department, Nicaragua · Pop. 29k76%matchSame humidityDrier dry seasonSan José vs Boaco →
  4. 🇨🇺Palma SorianoSantiago de Cuba Province, Cuba · Pop. 103k67%matchSame daytime highsSame humiditySan José vs Palma Soriano →
  5. 🇲🇻MaleKaafu Atoll, Maldives · Pop. 104k67%matchSame daytime highsDrier wet seasonSan José vs Male →