Elevation of towns in Costa Rica

199 towns in Costa Rica have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Tierra Blanca (Cartago) at 2,125 m (6,972 ft); the lowest is Puntarenas (Puntarenas) at 4 m (13 ft). Half of the towns sit above 1,002 m (the mean is 802 m). 5 more places are on file with a coordinate that is not their own; they are named at the foot of this page and have no page of their own.

Highest towns in Costa Rica

#	Town	Elevation
1	Tierra Blanca Cartago	2,125 m (6,972 ft)
2	Copey San José	1,999 m (6,558 ft)
3	Cot Cartago	1,827 m (5,994 ft)
4	Laguna Alajuela	1,786 m (5,860 ft)
5	Zarcero Alajuela	1,721 m (5,646 ft)
6	San Rafael Cartago	1,665 m (5,463 ft)
7	Cinco Esquinas San José	1,631 m (5,351 ft)
8	Capellades Cartago	1,630 m (5,348 ft)
9	Pacayas Cartago	1,580 m (5,184 ft)
10	San Antonio San José	1,560 m (5,118 ft)

Lowest towns in Costa Rica

#	Town	Elevation
1	Puntarenas Puntarenas	4 m (13 ft)
2	Sámara Guanacaste	5 m (16 ft)
3	Chacarita Puntarenas	6 m (20 ft)
4	Puerto Jiménez Puntarenas	6 m (20 ft)
5	Sixaola Limón	7 m (23 ft)
6	Puerto Cortés Puntarenas	7 m (23 ft)
7	Nandayure Guanacaste	10 m (33 ft)
8	Matina Limón	10 m (33 ft)
9	Limón Limón	10 m (33 ft)
10	Cahuita Limón	10 m (33 ft)

Regions of Costa Rica

Region	Towns	Mean	Highest town	Lowest town
Alajuela	43	713 m	Laguna 1,786 m	Los Chiles 38 m
Cartago	26	1,288 m	Tierra Blanca 2,125 m	La Suiza 644 m
Guanacaste	16	157 m	Tilarán 570 m	Sámara 5 m
Heredia	24	1,005 m	Santo Domingo 1,404 m	Puerto Viejo 50 m
Limón	14	87 m	Guápiles 299 m	Sixaola 7 m
Puntarenas	21	183 m	San Vito 986 m	Puntarenas 4 m
San José	55	1,158 m	Copey 1,999 m	San Pablo 423 m

All towns in Costa Rica

Also on file in Costa Rica

Recorded with a coordinate that is not the town's own - a district's point shared by several places, or a same-named place in another country - so the grid cannot say how high each one is and they have no page.

Sánchez, San Nicolás, Concepción, Pata de Plátano, San José, San José.