Costa Rica Geographic coordinates

Costa Rica is in America, at latitude 9.748917 and longitude -83.753428. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres.

Flag of Costa Rica America Northern · Western 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°45'12.3'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

17P 197898 1078882

Plus Code Open Location Code

66XRP6XW+HJ

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d1srqnsxe

Latitude and longitude of Costa Rica

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

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9.7489° N 83.7534° W
Land of Costa Rica Central point (centroid) of Costa Rica Main cities

Geographic facts about Costa Rica

Distance to the equator 1,084 km (674 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 9,148 km (5,685 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,923 km (5,545 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,091 km (6,892 mi)
Area of Costa Rica 51,100 km² (19,730 mi²)
Costa Rica Population 4,999,441

Distances calculated from the central point of Costa Rica.

Geographic coordinates - Cities of Costa Rica

San José Latitude 9.93388 Longitude -84.08489 Alajuela Latitude 10.01723 Longitude -84.21275 Limón Latitude 9.99074 Longitude -83.03596 Liberia Latitude 10.63517 Longitude -85.43779 San Francisco Latitude 9.9938 Longitude -84.12742 San José Latitude 10.95192 Longitude -85.13572 San Felipe Latitude 9.90444 Longitude -84.1062 San Miguel Latitude 9.87121 Longitude -84.06084 Puntarenas Latitude 9.97691 Longitude -84.8379 San Isidro Latitude 9.3674 Longitude -83.69713 San Vicente Latitude 9.96194 Longitude -84.0494 San Pedro Latitude 9.92829 Longitude -84.05074 Cartago Latitude 9.86371 Longitude -83.9195 Heredia Latitude 9.99872 Longitude -84.11587 San Juan Latitude 9.96188 Longitude -84.07876 Guadalupe Latitude 9.94805 Longitude -84.05665 San Pablo Latitude 9.99559 Longitude -84.09656 San Rafael Latitude 9.92826 Longitude -84.13537 Colima Latitude 9.95532 Longitude -84.08235 Concepción Latitude 9.92683 Longitude -84.00123

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About geographic coordinates

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.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point: the approximate geographic center of Costa Rica, a representative point within the country's territory.

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