Local time
Sun, 7:20 AM GMT-5America/BogotaCityCapital
San José
9.94° N, 84.09° W
- Population
- 1,284,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 5
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 5 cities of Costa Rica in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Costa Rica, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- America/Bogota
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for San José, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in San José have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Originally named "Villa Nueva" by Spanish settlers in 1736, it was later renamed San José for Saint Joseph.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person