Why Costa Rica?
Quality, innovation and productivity
are written in our DNA
This is our true nature.
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A concentrated nation distinguished by the value of what we create
Costa Rica has proven to be a concentrated nation, distinguished by the value of what we create: innovation and competitiveness set us apart.
51,100 km2total area. Almost as big as the state of West Virginia in the USA.
5 millionpeople live here.
$16,142GDP per capita PPP. One of the highest in the region.
Englishis our second language but we also speak up to ten more.
Colón (¢)is the country’s oficial currency. The dollar is commonly used as well.
24 °Caverage temperature all year round. Lovely, don't you think?
Explore Costa Rica in four key aspects:
Strategic locationUtilities infrastructureGreat weatherUnique nature
We are the best choice in the region Find out why
It's all about
location, location, location!
What does owning a truly ideal location mean? Being at the heart of where things happen. And Costa Rica is literally there. An ideal geographic location with enviable weather in the center of the Americas guarded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and a short flight distance from North and South America.
Nowadays, we stand as the most popular nearshore location for companies from the U.S as well as a strategic offshore setting for European companies in the dollar zone.
We even have the same time zone as the U.S Central Standard Time (GMT – 6), providing great convenience for doing business
Connected to the world
New York CityDaily flight
Los Angeles, CaliforniaDaily flight
Atlanta, GADaily flight
Charlotte, NCTwice a week
Chicago, ILOnce a week
Dallas, TXDaily flight
Houston, TXDaily flight
Orlando, FLDaily flight
Fort Lauderdale, FLDaily flight
Miami, FLDaily flight
Minneapolis, IAOnce a week
Newark, NJDaily flight
Denver, COOnce a week
Phoenix, AZOnce a week
Washington, D.C.Once a week
Montreal, CanadaOnce a week
Toronto, CanadaDaily flight
Frankfurt, GermanyTwice a week
Madrid, SpainDaily flight
Santiago, ChileDaily flight
Caracas, VenezuelaDaily flight
Bogota, Colombia Daily flight
Lima, PeruDaily flight
Panama, Panama Daily flight David, Panama Three times a week
Guatemala, GuatemalaDaily flight
Managua, NicaraguaDaily flight
San Pedro Sula, HondurasDaily flight
Tegucigalpa, HondurasDaily flight
San Salvador, El SalvadorDaily flight
Mexico DF, MexicoDaily flight
Cancun, MexicoFour times a week
Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicTwice a week
FLYING TO COSTA RICA
+2,959,800yearly passengers traveling by air. That’s more than 8,000/day!
+460international (outbound) flights, leaving the country weekly.
2international airports, with the highest standards in the region
5 hoursflight time to New York City. That’s shorter than JFK - LAX!
Connected to the world
Caribbean Sea accessPort Limon & Moin
Pacific Ocean accessPort Caldera
A solid utilities infrastructure
We’ve devoted resources to provide a solid utilities infrastructure that goes from having a powerful, redundant and reliable energy supply network (from renewable energies such as geothermal heat, biomass, eolic and hydroelectric), to promoting the creation of strategically located industrial parks and business centers.
We are boosting a major improvement for the country’s main seaports and airports, highways and telecom infrastructure.
Utilities infrastructure overview
Today, SJO is the second best international airport in Central America and the Caribbean (World Airport Awards, 2014)
Daniel Oduber Quirós International airport is the country's second and Central America's ninth busiest airport.
One of the main ports of the country. Soon to be complemented by a new and modern facility.
Caldera is one of the main ports in the country. Also, regularly scheduled ferries carry vehicles from Puntarenas to the Nicoya Peninsula.
PAN-AM (Pan-American) is a submarine telecommunications cable system connecting the west coast of South America and the Caribbean, crossing the continent through Panama. It has a bandwidth of 5 Gbit/s.
The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.
MAYA-1 is an optical submarine telephone cable. It began service in 2000, using SDH and EDFA technologies and has a capacity of 82.5 Gbit/s.
Solarium has 1.000.000 m2 of land and owns the necessary infrastructure for the development of companies, with industrial ships and offices for immediate occupation.
Learn more in "Incentives"
- Logística de Granos
- Puntarenas Free Zone (Saret)
- Caribe Industrial Park
- Freehold Free Zone
- Zona Franca del Atlántico
- Coyol Free Zone
- CR Green Valley
- Green Park
- Propark
- Zeta Alajuela
- BES Free Zone
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- America Free Zone
- El Cafetal
- San Antonio Business Center
- Ultra Park I
- Ultra Park II
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- Avenida Escazú
- Centro Corporativo El Tobogán
- Forum I
- Forum II
- Lindora Park
- Zona Franca del Este
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- Zeta Cartago
- La Lima Industrial Park
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The solar park is equipped with 4,300 PV modules which will help generate an estimated annual output of 1.2GWh which will be fed into the grid.
Onshore wind farm with a total nominal power of 27,000 kW
Onshore wind farm with 8 turbines for a total nominal power of 20,000 kW
Onshore wind farm with 33 turbines for a total nominal power of 49,500 kW
Onshore wind farm with 57 turbines for a total nominal power of 23,000 kW
Onshore wind farm with 32 turbines for a total nominal power of 24,000 kW
Onshore wind farm with 17 turbines for a total nominal power of 15,300 kW
Onshore wind farm with 15 turbines for a total nominal power of 12,750 kW
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 97.4 MWe.
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 102 MWe.
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 157.5 MWe.
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 23.2 MWe.
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 65.2 MWe.
This infrastructure is of TYPE Hydro Power Plant with a design capacity of 210 MWe.
international airports
Seaports
renewable energy plants
Industrial Parks and business centers
fiber optic submarine cables
New $1 billion investment in new Container Terminal in the Caribbean started operations in October 2018. Continued investments in terminal enhancements in the Pacific Port to increase productivity.
With over $120 million invested in Juan Santamaria Airport in San José and $35 million in Daniel Oduber Airport in Guanacaste including its new cargo terminal, further modernizes and improves efficiency.
Costa Rica's mobile penetration: 179% is one of the highest in Latin America.
The perfect climate
for agrobusiness and more
In Costa Rica, we don't have extreme temperature changes. We just have two seasons: sunny and rainy. But we have over 8 different microclimates that combined with fertile grounds, provide the ideal conditions to grow, process, pack and export some of the best exotic fruits, vegetables and crops for the most demanding palates in the food industry.
Our weather does not stop regular business operations. We never stop working because of blizzards or heat waves. We're even rarely heavily affected by tropical storms in the Caribbean.
SUMMER SEASON
December - AprilIt is basically sunny all day long... but with a nice 75°F temperature.
GREEN SEASON
May - November”Green” since it rains in the afternoons, so everything gets even greener than it already is. We don’t call it winter since it’s not actually cold.
Costa Rica:
A treasure of biodiversity
Costa Rica encompasses only 0.03% of the world's surface, but is the home of 5% of Earth's biodiversity.
The country has many different kinds of forests, from the dry ones in the southern pacific to the famous rain forests of Monteverde, making it a breathing live lab.
of Earth's biodiversity
In just 0.03% of the world´s surface!
A true living, breathing laboratory offering the right conditions for R&D.
Our thriving Life Sciences Sector is living proof of that.
of our territory is protected land
Nature has been our heritage and even the batteries our country´s energy supply.
We want to make sure it continues that way for generations to come.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The coolest places ever!
Talamanca Range Reserve – La Amistad National Park , Cocos Island National Park, Guanacaste Conservation Area and Pre-Columbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís
Tropical
dry
Tropical Moist
Tropical
Wet
Premontane (Moist/ Wet/ Rain)
Lower Montane (Wet / Rain)
Montane (Wet / Rain)
Subalpine Rain Paramo
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