Alajuela
City in Costa Rica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Alajuela is a city in Costa Rica, in Alajuela Province. About 47,494 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Costa Rica in our atlas.
It lies at 10.02° N, 84.21° W, about 955 m (3,133 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Costa_Rica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Alajuela. Green dots: other major cities of Costa Rica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Alajuela has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (65°F). Around 1,791 mm (71 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3624955 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.