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Touring San José
San José in San José (Provincia de San José) with it's 335,007 residents is a town located in Costa Rica. It's the capital of this country.
Time in San José is now 01:50 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named America / Costa Rica with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 8 airports nearby San José. The closest airport in Costa Rica is Tobias Bolanos International Airport in a distance of 4 mi (or 7 km), North-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 107 km), North. We collected 1 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: San Pedro, Heredia, Alajuela, Cartago and Monterrey. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 81 °F
Morning Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
Evening Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 10% |
Air Humidity | 65% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 49% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 15th of September 2024
28°C (82 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Monday, 16th of September 2024
25°C (77 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 17th of September 2024
25°C (77 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Rosa del Paseo
EXE SAN JOSE CENTER
Hotel Grano de Oro
Santo Tomas
Sleep Inn Hotel Paseo Las Damas
Country Inn and Suites by Radisson San Jose Aero
Hotel Novo
BRITANNIA HOTEL
Prado Inn & Suites
Hotel Fleur De Lys
Videos from this area
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Semana Santa en San José, Costa Rica, 2012. Viernes Santo, Procesión del Santo Encuentro.
Transmisión que realizo Televisora de Costa Rica en el Centro de la Capital de Costa Rica, San José.
Mascaradas - San José Costa Rica - Navidad 2014
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San Jose City Tour
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Metropolitan Cathedral Square
Standing in the center of the square you can observe the various stores, San Jose's Metropolitan cathedral, and maybe catch a glimpse of a performing clown, for la ninas.
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San Jose Costa Rica
Start of our vacation in Costa Rica. A stroll through the City Centre, the Market and a couple of Museums, before we left the next day for the splendid Costa Rican nature.
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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.
National Theatre of Costa Rica
The National Theatre of Costa Rica (Spanish: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica) is the national theatre of Costa Rica. It is located in the central section of San José, Costa Rica. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. The National Theatre stood as a cultural asset of the country during a time when coffee exports were a source of its success.
San José (canton)
San José is the name of the first canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 44.62 km² and has a population of 288,054 (6,455.71 inhabitants per km²). It includes the national capital city of San José. The canton lies on a fertile plain at the southern end of the Central Valley (Meseta Central). The "Río Virilla" and "Río Torres" form the border on the north, while the Río Tiribí marks the southern boundary.
Merced District
Merced District, the second "distrito" of San José Canton, in Costa Rica, is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly. This division is merely commercial, but covers an important part of "josefino" life and activities.
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.
Hatillo District
Hatillo is the tenth district in San José Canton, the second highest of 470 districts in population density in Costa Rica, after Tibás's León XIII District.
San Sebastián District
San Sebastian District is one of eight districts of the province Cusco in Peru.
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.
San José Central Market
San José Central Market is the largest market of the city of San José, Costa Rica. Established in 1880, it occupies an entire block on Avenida Central, 250m northwest of the Parque Central. The market contains a complex of narrow alleys with over 200 shops, stalls, and cheap restaurants called sodas.
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.
Civil Aviation Direction General (Costa Rica)
The Civil Aviation Direction General (Spanish: Dirección General de Aviación Civil, DGAC) is the civil aviation authority of Costa Rica. It oversees all aspects of civil aviation operations and infrastructure within the country. The body was created by law on 26 October 1949. Its headquarters is in San José.
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.