Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Chiapas
• Level 2: Frontera Comalapa

Current local time in Costa Rica:

05:42 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Costa Rica on map:^[1]

Costa Rica GPS coordinates^[2]

15° 45' 5.004" North, 92° 8' 58.992" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	16.42697°,	-92.85285°
Center:	15.75139°,	-92.14972°
Lower-right:	15.07356°,	-91.4466°
Map W x H:	150.5×150.5 km	= 93.5×93.5mi

max Lat:	32.7°   ⇑98% North
Costa Rica:	15.75139°
min Lat:	⇓2% South 14.53588°

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min Long	Costa Rica	max Long
-117.105°	-92.14972°	-86.73105°
W 94.5%⇐		⇒5.5% E

Elevation

Elevation of Costa Rica is 663 m = 2175 ft, and this is 590.7 m = 1938 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3497 m = 11473 ft	65.5%
Avg.	1253.7 m = 4113 ft
Costa Rica	663 m = 2175 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	34.5%

See also: Mexico elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Costa Rica is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 854.5 km =531 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Costa Rica
North Pole	8255.7	5129.9	to North
Arctic Circle	5649.8	3510.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	854.5	531	to North
Equator	1751.4	1088.3	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Costa Rica: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bellavista del Norte 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 185°
• Benito Juárez 10 km =6.2 mi, 323°
• Comalapa 10.3 km =6.4 mi, 175°
• El Anonal 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 162°
• El Portal 10.1 km =6.3 mi, 145°
• Guadalupe Grijalva 6 km =3.7 mi, 194°
• La Lima 9.9 km =6.2 mi, 167°
• La Reforma 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 232°
• La Sabinada 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 182°
• Nueva Independencia 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 298°
• Nueva Libertad 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 275°
• Nuevo Mazapa 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 20°
• Nuevo México 8.8 km =5.5 mi, 144°
• Santa Rosa 5.8 km =3.6 mi, 122°
• Veinticuatro de Febrero 5.7 km =3.5 mi, 220°