Costa Rica vs Panama: Annual precipitation

Costa Rica
3,314 millimeters
in 2025
Panama
3,522 millimeters
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
8th
Panama rank
5th

Annual precipitation over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 3,522 millimeters against 3,314 millimeters in Costa Rica, a difference of 207.56 millimeters.

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

The two have swapped places 34 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Panama ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 8th and Panama ranks 5th 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.