Costa Rica vs Malaysia: Annual precipitation

Costa Rica
3,314 millimeters
in 2025
Malaysia
3,150 millimeters
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
8th
Malaysia rank
11th

Annual precipitation over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3,314 millimeters against 3,150 millimeters in Malaysia, a difference of 164.24 millimeters.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 8th and Malaysia ranks 11th of 192 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual precipitation
Unit
millimeters
Source
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 16,512 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed

Total annual precipitation—rain and snow—calculated as the sum of daily averages, reported as the depth of water falling to Earth's surface, excluding fog and dew.