Costa Rica

Santa Teresa

At the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula — one of the world's five Blue Zones, where people routinely live past a hundred — Santa Teresa is a dusty road of surf shops, sushi joints and yoga decks running parallel to a beach break that works most days.

Best forTropical
Approx. flying time~5h 45m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportTambor (TMU)

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About this place

Sunsets are borderline unfair. Hire a quad bike or accept sandy feet; the road is unpaved on purpose. December to April brings dry, offshore mornings.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 27°C in November to 30°C in March. Driest in February; wettest in August, with rain on about 29 days. The sea is warmest in May at around 31°C, coolest at 29°C.

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August28° · rain 29 days · sea 30°Warm and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — January to March.

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