Temperature change in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Temperature change was 1.61 °C in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Temperature change in Costa Rica, 1961–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in °C.
Analysis
The most recent figure for temperature change in Costa Rica is 1.61 °C, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and up 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, temperature change in Costa Rica peaked at 1.76 °C in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.413 °C, in 1971.
Costa Rica ranks 103rd of 250 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1 °C | -0.368 °C | 0.203 °C | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.021 °C | -0.413 °C | 0.414 °C | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2954 °C | -0.057 °C | 0.781 °C | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4027 °C | -0.167 °C | 1.04 °C | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.705 °C | 0.027 °C | 1.09 °C | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9012 °C | 0.503 °C | 1.36 °C | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4 °C | 0.897 °C | 1.76 °C | 6 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 110,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 281,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 971 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 221 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 21,862 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 37,676 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 353,976 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 429,657 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 38,416 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is temperature change in Costa Rica?
- Temperature change in Costa Rica was 1.61 °C in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest temperature change recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 °C in 2024.
- What is the lowest temperature change recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.413 °C in 1971.
- How does Costa Rica rank for temperature change?
- Costa Rica ranks 103rd out of 250 countries with data for 2025.
- Is temperature change rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Temperature change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).