Liberia: facts

At a glance

• Country: Costa Rica
• Region: Guanacaste Province
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 45,380
• Coordinates: 10.6352° N, 85.4378° W
• Time zone: America/Costa_Rica (UTC-06:00)
• Currency: Colon (CRC)
• Distance to the capital, San Jose: 167 km (104 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR): 13 km (8 mi), straight line
• Nosara Airport (NOB): 77 km (48 mi), straight line
• La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON): 96 km (59 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Canas: 44 km (27 mi)
• San Jose: 48 km (30 mi)
• Nicoya: 54 km (34 mi)
• Tilaran: 55 km (34 mi)
• El Tablon, Nicaragua: 56 km (35 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Masaya, 165 km (103 mi)