where is costa rica located

Costa Rica is located in Central America, on the narrow land bridge (isthmus) that connects North and South America.

Quick Scoop

• It lies between Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the southeast.

• The Pacific Ocean is to the west and southwest, and the Caribbean Sea is to the east and northeast.

• On a world map, it sits about 10 degrees north of the Equator and about 84 degrees west of the Prime Meridian (roughly 10° N, 84° W).

• It is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres and follows Central Standard Time (no daylight savings).

A quick way to picture it

If you look at a map of the Americas, you’ll see a thin S‑shaped strip of land between Mexico and Colombia. Costa Rica is in the middle portion of that strip, just above Panama and below Nicaragua, with coastlines on both the Pacific and Caribbean sides.

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