Universidad
in Montes de Oca of Provincia de San José, Costa Rica
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Tobias Bolanos International Airport (6 mi) - Juan Santamaria International Airport (11 mi)
- Guapiles Airport (26 mi)
- Rio Frio / Progreso Airport (29 mi)
- Quepos Managua Airport (34 mi)
- Arenal Airport (55 mi)
- Aerotortuguero Airport (57 mi)
- Barra del Colorado Airport (66 mi)
- Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís (Unesco heritage, 126 mi)
- Zoo Ave (zoo, (16 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 9.936 and -84.051 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 9° 56' 10" and W -84° 3' 3"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Colon - CRC
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:10 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: America/Costa_Rica
- UTC/GMT offset: -6 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:21 am and 5:47 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -12.116 and 96.895 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bantam Village - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Costa Rica.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Costa Rica. Last Update: 2024-04-23 08:18:23
Discover Universidad
Universidad in Montes de Oca (Provincia de San José) is a place in Costa Rica a little east of San Jose, the country's capital city.
Current time in Universidad is now 03:10 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named America / Costa Rica with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 8 airports near Universidad. The closest airport in Costa Rica is Tobias Bolanos International Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Costa Rica is Area de Conservación Guanacaste in a distance of 67 mi (or 108 km), North. We encountered 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: San Pedro, San Jose, Heredia, Cartago and Alajuela. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 85 °F
| Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 23°C / 74 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 33% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 77% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
30°C (85 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
25°C (77 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Radisson San Jose-Costa Rica
Santo Tomas
EXE SAN JOSE CENTER
Boutique Hotel Jade
Sleep Inn Hotel Paseo Las Damas
Hotel Fleur De Lys
Hotel Casa Cambranes
Hotel Casa Blanca 506
Boutique Hotel Casa Orquídeas
Casa Voltaire
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Romeria 2013, San Pedro, Costa Rica
via YouTube Capture.
INCOFER: Doble de Apolos cruzando la autopista de San Pedro
El doble de Apolos del INCOFER, procedente de Cartago, cruzando por la UCR y San Pedro, a las 7:50am. Ultimo viaje mío en tren del año 2014 y este mismo tren, tuvo un percance ese día mas...
Fantasías del pool, por Joaquín Huertas, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Fantasías del pool, por Joaquín Huertas, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Segunda parte.
Dtour Presenta: ABBEY ROAD & LET IT BE
Presentación del grupo Dtour el 671172014 en Jazz Café San Pedro. Interpretando temas de The Beatles. Cámara y Edición: Daniel Pérez.
Dtour: Live and Let Die
Presentación del grupo Dtour el 6/12/2014 en Jazz Café San Pedro. Interpretan el tema "Live and Let Die" de Paul McCartney. Cámara y Edición: Daniel Pérez.
LJJVC
Desfiles del dia de Independencia en San Pedro, de Montes de Oca, San Jose; Costa Rica. Banda del Liceo José Joaquín Vargas Calvo.
Invitación al FLISOL 2014
Este sábado 26 de abril del 2014 se realizará el Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (FLISOL). Sedes en Costa Rica: - Centro de Capacitación y Transferencia Tecnológica...
El día después de Carlos Delgado
El músico costarricense Carlos Delgado tocando una composición para guitarra eléctrica de su autoria llamada "El día después" en el recital "Lluvia de Vacas" de Francisco Murillo en el...
HAMMELIN-GUERREROS VENCIDOS (EN DIRECTO)
VOZ: DANIEL CAMACHO. GUITARRAS: HERNAN GODINEZ, MAX VARGAS. BAJO: JULIAN GARCIA. BATERIA: BERNARDO CORDERO. MUNDOLOCO EL CHANTE-SAN PEDRO.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Calle de la Amargura
The Calle de la Amargura ("Bitterness Street") is a four-block-long street located in San Pedro de Montes de Oca and is one of the best-known zones in San José, Costa Rica. La Calle, as it is often called, is very close to the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and other important higher education centers.
Goicoechea (canton)
Goicoechea is the name of the eighth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 31.5 km, and has a population of 124,704. The capital city of the canton is Guadalupe. The elongated canton snakes its way through the suburban areas just north of San José Centro, climbing steadily into the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) until it reaches it eastern limit between the Río Durazno (on its northern boundary) and the Río Tiribí (on the south).
Catedral District
Catedral District, the fourth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. The district receives its name because of the Cathedral and the catholic Archdiocese of San José, the only archdiocese in the country which lies between its boundaries, along with several other government buildings. The population density is the highest of the four downtown districts.
Zapote District, San José
Zapote District, the fifth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown. The district is primarily residential, although there are some government buildings, standing out the Presidential House, seat of the government.
San Francisco de Dos Ríos District
San Francisco de Dos Ríos District, the sixth "distrito" of San José Canton, Costa Rica, is one of the administrative units surrounding San José downtown. The district is primarily residential and industrial. It's also famous for the numerous motels between its boundaries.
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras, in the Bellavista Fortress, a crenallated, ochre colored building opposite the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. The fortress was built in 1917 and was originally a military barracks: the exterior walls still have many bullets lodged in them from the country's 1948 civil war.
Hospital Calderón Guardia
Hospital Calderón Guardia is a hospital in San José, Costa Rica. It is a 622-bed hospital, which is managed by the Costa Rican Social Security System. It has surgical theaters, cardiac and intensive care units and a urology department.
Chinatown, San José
Not to be confused with the defunct Chinatown of San Jose, California Chinatown in San José, is an urban area located in the capital of Costa Rica. It is the first of its kind in a Central American city. The area began to develop as a commercial center during the last decades of the twentieth century, basically with the advent of supermarkets, shops and some restaurants whose owners are Chinese. The neighborhood was officially opened on Wednesday 5 December 2012.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Universidad.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Ciudad Universitaria, University City, Universidad
