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Satellite view of Playa de Los Pargos; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa de Los Pargos

Costa RicaGuanacaste Province · Costa Rica · Caribbean Sea

10.2833, -85.8833 · Tamarindo, 5 km

  • 29°Sea · May
  • 35°High · April
  • 9.3 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Playa de Los Pargos. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de Los Pargos in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 5.0 hSunshine a day
  • 25 daysRainy days in the month359 mm in total
  • 10 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 28.6 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaApril and May29 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and March9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March3 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h4 mm
  2. Feb28°9 h3 mm
  3. Mar28°9 h4 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h29 mm
  5. May29°6 h222 mm
  6. Jun29°6 h226 mm
  7. Jul29°6 h165 mm
  8. Aug29°6 h222 mm
  9. Sep29°6 h317 mm
  10. Oct28°5 h359 mm
  11. Nov28°6 h163 mm
  12. Dec28°7 h17 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
28°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 28°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°29°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 22°)Feb: 28 °C (High 33° / Low 23°)Mar: 29 °C (High 35° / Low 23°)Apr: 30 °C (High 35° / Low 24°)May: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Jun: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Jul: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Aug: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Sep: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Oct: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Nov: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Dec: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)30°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4 mmFeb: 3 mm3Mar: 4 mmApr: 29 mmMay: 222 mmJun: 226 mmJul: 165 mmAug: 222 mmSep: 317 mmOct: 359 mm359Nov: 163 mmDec: 17 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.3 hFeb: 9.0 hMar: 9.3 h9.3Apr: 8.3 hMay: 6.0 hJun: 5.7 hJul: 5.8 hAug: 5.7 hSep: 5.6 hOct: 5.0 h5.0Nov: 6.1 hDec: 7.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa de Los Pargos: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de Los Pargos: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January322228418.322
February332328309.022
March352328419.320
April3524292948.315
Maywarmest sea322529222206.011
June302529226245.710
July302429165215.812
August302429222225.710
September292429317265.69
October282428359255.010
November292328163136.113
December3023281737.418

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER37 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.137 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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