Costa Rica vs Nicaragua

Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 23.4 °C in Costa Rica and 25.9 °C in Nicaragua, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Nicaragua, by 2.5 °C, or 1.11 times that in Costa Rica.

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°C · ERA5

Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: TemperatureTemperature in 2025: 23.4 °C in Costa Rica and 25.9 °C in Nicaragua, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Nicaragua, by 2.5 °C, or 1.11 times that in Costa Rica.
Costa RicaNicaraguaCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • Nicaragua has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2025, Costa Rica ranked 119 and Nicaragua ranked 77 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Costa Rica at 25.7 °C and Nicaragua at 28.1 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

YearCosta RicaCosta Rica: CMIP6 historical run, model medianNicaraguaNicaragua: CMIP6 historical run, model median
202523.424.125.926.4
202423.924.226.426.5
202323.82426.126.4
202222.924.225.326.4
20212324.125.526.4
202023.52425.826.2
201923.523.925.926.1
201823.12425.426.2
201723.32425.526.3
201623.623.825.926.1
201523.62425.826.2
201423.323.725.626
201323.223.825.526.1
201223.123.825.226
20112323.825.226
201023.323.725.426
200923.223.725.425.9
200822.923.625.125.9
200723.123.625.425.9
200623.123.625.425.8
200523.223.725.625.9
200423.123.725.325.9
200323.123.625.425.9
200223.223.625.425.9
200122.723.72525.9
200022.423.524.725.8
199922.223.524.525.7
199823.323.525.525.7
19972323.525.125.6
199622.523.424.825.6
199522.923.325.225.4
19942323.325.125.4
199322.823.22525.4
19922323.225.225.3
19912323.425.225.6
199023.123.525.125.8
198922.723.324.825.6
198822.923.325.225.5
198723.523.325.625.5
198622.623.324.625.5
198522.523.224.625.4
198422.623.224.725.4
198323.423.225.525.3
19822323.32525.4
198122.723.324.825.5
19802323.22525.4
197922.723.22525.4
197822.823.22525.4
197722.923.225.125.4
197622.423.224.625.3
197522.423.124.725.3
197422.223.224.425.4
197322.723.224.925.4
197222.823.12525.2
197122.223.124.525.3
197022.523.124.725.3
196923.123.125.225.3
196822.423.124.625.3
196722.52324.925.2
196622.7232525.2
196522.6232525.2
196422.5232525.2
196322.52324.825.1
196222.323.124.525.3
196122.723.224.725.3
196022.523.224.525.3
195922.623.124.625.3
195822.923.22525.4
195722.823.224.725.3
195622.123.124.125.3
195522.623.224.625.4
195422.423.124.525.4
195322.923.12525.3
195222.723.224.725.3
195122.723.224.825.4
195022.423.124.125.4
  • 12.3Projected
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100
YearCosta RicaCosta Rica: CMIP6 historical run, model medianNicaraguaNicaragua: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026–24.323.5–24.8–26.525.7–27.1
2027–24.223.6–24.7–26.526–27
2028–24.323.9–24.7–26.626.2–27
2029–24.324–24.8–26.626.2–27.2
2030–24.223.7–24.8–26.526–27.2
2031–24.323.8–24.9–26.626.1–27.3
2032–24.424–24.9–26.726.3–27.2
2033–24.423.9–24.8–26.726.1–27
2034–24.324–25–26.526.1–27.3
2035–24.323.8–25–26.626–27.3
2036–24.424–24.8–26.626.2–27.2
2037–24.624.2–25–26.826.4–27.4
2038–24.524.2–25–26.926.4–27.4
2039–24.424.1–25–26.826.3–27.4
2040–24.524.1–25–26.826.3–27.4
2041–24.524.2–25.1–26.926.5–27.5
2042–24.624.1–25.2–26.926.3–27.6
2043–24.524–25.2–26.826.3–27.6
2044–24.524–25.3–26.826.4–27.8
2045–24.724.1–25.2–26.926.4–27.6
2046–24.824.2–25.3–27.226.4–27.7
2047–24.824.3–25.2–27.126.5–27.8
2048–24.824.4–25.5–27.126.7–27.9
2049–24.824.3–25.3–27.226.6–27.8
2050–24.824.2–25.5–27.126.5–27.9
2051–24.824.3–25.5–27.126.6–27.9
2052–24.824.4–25.5–27.226.6–27.9
2053–24.824.3–25.6–27.126.6–27.9
2054–24.924.4–25.7–27.226.7–28.1
2055–2524.4–25.7–27.426.7–27.9
2056–24.924.3–25.6–27.226.5–28
2057–2524.3–25.5–27.426.5–27.9
2058–2524.4–25.9–27.326.6–28.3
2059–25.124.5–25.8–27.426.8–28.3
2060–25.224.5–25.9–27.526.7–28.2
2061–25.124.4–25.9–27.526.6–28.2
2062–25.124.3–26–27.526.6–28.3
2063–25.124.5–25.9–27.426.8–28.3
2064–25.124.5–25.8–27.426.8–28.1
2065–25.224.7–26–27.627–28.2
2066–25.124.6–26–27.527–28.3
2067–25.124.5–25.9–27.526.8–28.4
2068–25.324.7–25.9–27.726.9–28.3
2069–2524.6–26–27.626.9–28.3
2070–25.124.6–26–27.526.9–28.3
2071–25.324.6–26–27.727–28.3
2072–25.324.6–26.2–27.726.9–28.6
2073–25.424.7–26.2–27.727.1–28.6
2074–25.224.7–26.1–27.627–28.4
2075–25.224.6–26–27.626.9–28.3
2076–25.524.6–26.1–27.726.9–28.3
2077–25.524.7–26–27.826.9–28.4
2078–25.424.6–26.1–27.827.1–28.5
2079–25.424.5–26.1–27.826.8–28.6
2080–25.424.6–26.1–27.826.9–28.5
2081–25.424.7–26.1–27.727–28.5
2082–25.324.7–26.1–27.826.9–28.5
2083–25.324.8–26.3–27.827–28.7
2084–25.524.6–26.3–27.927–28.7
2085–25.524.8–26.4–27.927–28.9
2086–25.424.8–26.4–27.827–28.7
2087–25.424.7–26.3–27.826.9–28.7
2088–25.524.8–26.5–27.927.1–28.9
2089–25.424.8–26.4–27.827.2–28.8
2090–25.524.9–26.3–27.927.2–28.7
2091–25.724.8–26.4–28.127.1–28.9
2092–25.624.9–26.4–2827.2–28.8
2093–25.424.9–26.5–27.827.2–29
2094–25.624.9–26.3–2827.2–28.7
2095–25.824.8–26.4–28.127.1–28.9
2096–25.424.9–26.5–27.827.1–28.8
2097–25.424.9–26.2–27.927.2–28.6
2098–25.724.8–26.5–28.127.1–28.9
2099–25.624.8–26.5–2827.1–29
2100–25.724.8–26.6–28.127.2–28.9

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
  • Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
  • The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
  • Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
  • Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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