Costa Rica Geographic coordinates

Costa Rica is located at latitude 9.748917 and longitude -83.753428. It is part of America and the northern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

9.748917, -83.753428

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

9.7489° N 83.7534° W

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

9°44'56.1'' N 83°45.206' W

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of Costa Rica have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Costa Rica with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of Costa Rica

There are many systems and formats to represent geographic coordinates. The following table matches the equivalence between the most common formats:

System Latitude Longitude
Simple decimal standard 9.748917 -83.753428
Decimal Degrees (DD) 9.7489° N 83.7534° W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 9°44.935' N 83°45.206' W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 9°44'56.1'' N 83°45'12.3'' W

Geographic coordinates - Cities of Costa Rica

City Coordinates
San José 9.93333, -84.08333
Alajuela 10.01625, -84.21163
Limón 9.99074, -83.03596
Liberia 10.63504, -85.43772
San Francisco 9.99299, -84.12934
San José 10.95173, -85.1361
San Felipe 9.90488, -84.10551
San Miguel 9.87121, -84.06084
Puntarenas 9.97625, -84.83836
San Isidro 9.3674, -83.69713
San Vicente 9.96016, -84.04762
San Pedro 9.92829, -84.05074
Cartago 9.86444, -83.91944
Heredia 10.00236, -84.11651
San Juan 9.95974, -84.08165
Mercedes 10.00695, -84.13396
Guadalupe 9.94805, -84.05665
San Pablo 9.99559, -84.09656
San Rafael 9.92787, -84.13722
Colima 9.95091, -84.08503

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