Costa Rica: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 94
- Consulates
- 57
- missions abroad
- 61
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 95
Live & travel in Costa Rica
Monthly budget
$2,800/mo
Prices vs USA: 63%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 453.77 CRC
Internet access
87%
of people online
Air quality
17.7
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Spanish
Emergency
911 · 112
Plug types
NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
Calling code
+506
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Apr 1, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.0
- Safety2.8
- Internet access4.4
- Air quality3.0
- Climate4.6
SOS · Costa Rica911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in Costa RicaCasado · Tostones · Sweet corn arepa · Cuca · Papelón con limón
Government consensus
Increased caution· 2 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Digital nomad visa
- Stay for Remote Workers and Service Providers (Digital Nomads)Verified Nov 9, 2026Min. income: $3,000/moDuration: 12 monthsUS$3,000/month; US$4,000/month if including familyOfficial site
Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 25, 2027 · Maundy Thursday
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- Apr 11, 2027 · Gesta Heroica de Juan Santamaría
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- Jul 25, 2027 · Guanacaste Day
- Aug 2, 2027 · Our Lady of Los Ángeles
Cities in Costa Rica
Traveller essentials · Costa Rica
- Emergency
- 911 · 112
- Calling code
- +506
- Currency
- CRC
- Plug types
- NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- San José
- Time zone
- America/Costa_Rica
Foreign missions in Costa Rica
ArgentinaSan José1AustraliaSan José1AustriaSan José1BahamasSan José1BarbadosSan José1BelgiumSan José1BelizeSan José1BoliviaSan José1BrazilSan José1BulgariaSan José1CanadaSan José1ChileSan José1ChinaSan José2ColombiaSan José1Côte d’IvoireSan José1CubaSan José1CyprusSan José1CzechiaSan José1DenmarkSan José1Dominican RepublicSan José1EcuadorSan José1El SalvadorSan José1EstoniaSan José1FinlandSan José1FranceSan José, Nacascolo2GeorgiaSan José1GermanySan José2GreeceSan José1GuatemalaSan José1HaitiSan José1HondurasSan José1HungarySan José1IcelandSan José1IndiaSan José1IndonesiaSan José1IsraelSan José1ItalySan José, Tamarindo2JapanSan José2KazakhstanSan José1KosovoSan José1LaosSan José1LebanonSan José1LiechtensteinSan José1LuxembourgSan José1MaltaSan José1MexicoSan José1MonacoSan José1MoroccoSan José1NamibiaSan José1NepalSan José1NetherlandsSan José1New ZealandSan José1NicaraguaSan José, Liberia, Los Chiles4NorwaySan José1PakistanSan José1PalestineSan José1PanamaSan José1ParaguaySan José1PeruSan José1PhilippinesSan José1PolandSan José1PortugalSan José1Puerto RicoSan José1QatarSan José1RomaniaSan José1RussiaSan José1SerbiaSan José1SeychellesSan José1SlovakiaSan José1South AfricaSan José1South KoreaSan José1SpainSan José2SwedenSan José2SwitzerlandSan José1ThailandSan José1Trinidad & TobagoSan José1TürkiyeSan José1UkraineSan José1United Arab EmiratesSan José1United KingdomSan José1United StatesSan José1UruguaySan José1Vatican CitySan José1VenezuelaSan José1
Costa Rica missions abroad
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1AustraliaCanberra2AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BoliviaLa Paz2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília, São Paulo2CanadaOttawa1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing1ColombiaBogotá1CubaHavana1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EcuadorQuito1El SalvadorSan Salvador2FranceParis1GermanyBerlin2GuatemalaGuatemala City1HondurasTegucigalpa1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IsraelTel Aviv, Jerusalem2ItalyRome, Bari3JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo1KenyaNairobi1MexicoMexico City1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NicaraguaManagua, Chinandega3PanamaPanama City1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima1Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Málaga3SwitzerlandBern1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TürkiyeAnkara, İzmir, Antalya3United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C.1UruguayMontevideo1VenezuelaCaracas1
Who can enter Costa Rica without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Costa Rica?
94 missions, 84 countries.
Emergency: Costa Rica?
911, 112 (fire department), 112 (emergency medical services), 112 (police)
Who can enter Costa Rica without a visa?
95: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, and Brunei…