Puntarenas

Coordinates: 9 ° 59 ′  N , 84 ° 50 ′  W

Puntarenas​

Costa Rica

Puntarenas is a port city in the west of the Central American state of Costa Rica . Puntarenas is the most important port on the Pacific coast of the country and has 40,000 inhabitants (2001). The city is located at the entrance to the Gulf of Nicoya , opposite the Nicoya Peninsula on a narrow headland.

Since the end of rail traffic in the 1980s, Puntarenas was only connected to the state capital San José by road. However, a few years ago a pair of passenger trains from San José down to the Pacific to Puntarenas was reactivated. This one pair of trains transports day trippers from the San José metropolitan area to the Pacific on Sundays.

Puntarenas is the capital of the Costa Rican province of the same name, Puntarenas .

sons and daughters of the town

• Dagoberto Campos Salas (* 1966), Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat
• Rónald Gómez (* 1975), football player

Climate table

Puntarenas
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     5.5   34 22nd     4.1   34 22nd     4.9   34 23     30th   35 24     204   33 24     217   32 24     176   32 23     223   32 23     296   32 23     279   32 23     132   32 23     28   32 22nd Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: WMO

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Puntarenas Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 33.5 34.4 34.0 34.6 33.1 32.2 32.2 32.2 31.9 31.6 31.8 32.0 O 32.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 21.7 22.2 22.9 23.7 24.1 23.6 23.2 23.1 23.1 23.2 22.8 22.1 O 23 Precipitation ( mm ) 5.5 4.1 4.9 30.3 204.1 217.3 175.7 223.1 296.1 279.1 132.0 27.7 Σ 1,599.9 Rainy days ( d ) 1.8 1.9 2.9 7.8 19.1 21.0 18.0 21.8 24.3 24.5 14.7 5.7 Σ 163.5 Source: WMO