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Last and first frost dates in Limón

Costa Rica

Limón had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Limón

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Limón

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
San Isidro de El General105 km——
San José115 km——
David185 km——
Puntarenas197 km——
Bluefields238 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Limón

Within 15 km of Limón OpenStreetMap lists 1 market and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado Municipal de Limón, 0 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Limón by month

Average weather in Limón over 2016–2025: the warmest month is September. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (27.4–29.2 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 21.9 °C. About 4106 mm of rain falls in a year, on 327 days; July is the wettest month (551 mm) and March the driest (156 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January27.421.928127
February27.721.919922
March28.222.415624
April28.723.124724
May29.123.934928
June28.823.739729
July28.323.255130
August28.923.539029
September29.223.830228
October28.923.637629
November28.123.147929
December27.622.237928

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).