Limón
City in Costa Rica: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Limón - Catedral: AndSalx95, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Limón is a city in Costa Rica, in Limón Province. About 63,081 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Costa Rica in our atlas.
It lies at 9.99° N, 83.04° W, about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Costa_Rica time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Limón. Green dots: other major cities of Costa Rica. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Limón has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 22°C (71°F). Around 2,842 mm (112 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 3622247 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q30620 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Limón - Catedral: AndSalx95, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)