Costa Rica / Puntarenas Province
Playa Naranjo
Playa Naranjo is a coastal resort area in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 785 m. The sea averages 29.4 °C in April, its warmest month, and 27.8 °C in November; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Rainfall reaches 301 mm in October and stays above 250 mm in September and October.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 2Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants. Accommodation: 7 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Playa Naranjo
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Costa Rica median 7.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.7 °C | 28.9 °C | 29.2 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.2 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.0 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.2 °C |
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 26° | 26° |
| Low °C | 18° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 38 | 22 | 29 | 76 | 220 | 209 | 184 | 198 | 256 | 301 | 188 | 70 |
| Cloud % | 47 | 37 | 41 | 69 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 87 | 79 | 59 |
| Wind m/s | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Daylight h | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
| Record high/low | 31°/16° | 33°/16° | 34°/17° | 35°/18° | 34°/16° | 32°/19° | 31°/17° | 31°/18° | 30°/18° | 30°/18° | 30°/16° | 31°/16° |
| Beach index | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in January–March; February scores 9.5/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 28.9 °C and 22 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.4 points above the median of the 89 beaches in Costa Rica covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 28.7 °C, warmer than 94% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (301 mm) and February the driest (22 mm); the yearly total is about 1,790 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.6 hours in December to 12.7 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 17:48 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (355°). Open water fills about 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in April–August; in mid-June it goes down at 18:00 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–July.
The opposite shore is only about 3.0 km away to the north, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 8 m deep and 11 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 38 m above sea level 500 m inland and 107 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 72% tree cover, 24% grassland and 3% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Tree 72%
- Grass 24%
- Built 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Fortuna Arenal Airport La Fortuna | FON | 72.6 km | north-east |
| Nosara Airport Nicoya | NOB | 75.3 km | west |
| Juan Santamaría International Airport San José (Alajuela) | SJO | 83.3 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and ferry terminal Terminal Ferry Playa Naranjo (500 m).
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 4 (about 65.2K).
Around the beach
Nature
- Cerro Naranjo peak 250 m W
Lighthouses & piers
- Puerto Naranjo pier 490 m NW
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 36.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w933610573; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 14.8K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.