When does Costa Rica export melons?

Costa Rica ships melons December–March, with April and November at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Costa Rica melons arrive in Europe?

On the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run, quoted at 14–19 days port to port, that window lands around week 50–16 — December–April. Add the road leg at either end.

Costa Rica melon export season (2026)

Costa Rica melon export season

Costa Rica ships melons December–March, with April and November at the shoulders. Lands December–April on the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run.

Ships

December–March

April, November at the shoulders

Lands

week 50–16

on the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run, 14–19 days

Costa Rica melons: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Costa Rica	Ships december–march peak · april, november shoulder
Costa Rica → Rotterdam 14–19 days · week 50–16	Lands week 50–16 on the Costa Rica → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Cantaloupe, Honeydew Load ports Moín and Caldera

Roughly December to April, out of Guanacaste, grown for the North American and European winter. This is the one genuinely seasonal thing on the Costa Rican calendar.

Melon and pineapple compete for the same reefer equipment in exactly these months, which is the practical reason a January booking out of Costa Rica is harder to get than a July one even though pineapple ships all year.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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Costa Rica melon export season

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