San José

Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transport hub.

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Country: Costa Rica
Population: 1,284,000
Latitude: 9.94° N
Longitude: 84.09° O

Which way is San José from…

From Paris, San José lies at 274° to the west, 8,918 km as the crow flies.

Paris	274° west	8,918 km
London	272° west	8,727 km
New York	199° south	3,563 km
Madrid	271° west	8,482 km
Rome	282° west	9,809 km
Montreal	198° south	4,080 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	261° west	15,524 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Aim further north than you think: from London, a flat map sends you south-west to San José, at 239°, but the compass says 272°, west, 8,727 km away. The shortest route crosses the Atlantic before dropping into the Caribbean Sea. From New York it is south, at 199°. A distant landmark: Costa Rica’s capital lies on the latitude of Conakry and Addis Ababa.