Costa Rica
About 5M people live in Costa Rica, on 51,100 km² in 7 regions; the capital is San José. The highest summit is Cerro Chirripó (3,820 m).
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jan–Mar.
Costa Rica at a glance
The atlas follows 4,394 places here month by month, with 24 mountains and 8 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, February and March.
Costa Rica's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+456%927k in 1950 → 5.15M in 2025 → 5.35M in 2050Costa Rica · In numbers
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Costa Rica
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Costa Rica
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
52OctoberSan José
43OctoberPuntarenas
51OctoberCartago
47OctoberMontezuma
44OctoberUvita
San Vicente
Tejar
49OctoberRío Segundo
7 regions
Costa Rica from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
Nature in Costa Rica
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Costa Rica
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Costa Rica
8 monuments and 14 museums; the best known first.
The festival year
What's on in Costa Rica
The ground and the sky in Costa Rica
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Getting to Costa Rica
2 large airports, 50 railway stations, 23 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Practical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.