Costa Rica Postal Codes
Costa Rica uses postal codes in the format ##### (# = digit, @ = letter).
473 postal codes are recorded for Costa Rica in the open data sources below.
Example postal codes
100020101001
Postal codes by place
The 60 places in Costa Rica with the most postal codes recorded, listed alphabetically. Larger towns link to their own page.
| Place | Postal code | Codes recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Acapulco | 60114 | 1 |
| Aguabuena | 60803 | 1 |
| Aguacaliente o San Francisco | 30105 | 1 |
| Aguas Claras | 21302 | 1 |
| Aguas Zarcas | 21004 | 1 |
| Alajuela | 20101 | 1 |
| Alajuelita | 11001 | 1 |
| Alegría | 70306 | 1 |
| Alfaro | 20209 | 1 |
| Anselmo Llorente | 11303 | 1 |
| Arancibia | 60116 | 1 |
| Arenal | 50807 | 1 |
| Aserrí | 10601 | 1 |
| Atenas | 20501 | 1 |
| Bagaces | 50401 | 1 |
| Bahía Ballena | 60504 | 1 |
| Barbacoas | 10403 | 1 |
| Barranca | 60108 | 1 |
| Barrantes | 40802 | 1 |
| Barva | 40201 | 1 |
| Barú | 11909 | 1 |
| Batán | 70502 | 1 |
| Bebedero | 50604 | 1 |
| Buenavista | 21003 | 2 |
| Buenos Aires | 20703 | 2 |
| Carmen | 10101 | 2 |
| Colorado | 50704 | 2 |
| Concepción | 11004 | 6 |
| Desamparados | 10301 | 2 |
| Dulce Nombre | 30109 | 2 |
| Guadalupe | 10801 | 2 |
| Jesús | 20502 | 2 |
| La Fortuna | 21007 | 2 |
| Mercedes | 11503 | 4 |
| Monterrey | 10606 | 2 |
| Palmira | 21105 | 3 |
| Pejibaye | 11907 | 2 |
| Sabanilla | 11502 | 2 |
| San Antonio | 10202 | 8 |
| San Francisco | 10802 | 3 |
| San Isidro | 11101 | 9 |
| San Jerónimo | 11402 | 3 |
| San Josecito | 11002 | 2 |
| San José | 20102 | 5 |
| San Juan | 11301 | 7 |
| San Miguel | 10302 | 4 |
| San Pablo | 11601 | 5 |
| San Pedro | 11501 | 7 |
| San Rafael | 10203 | 12 |
| San Ramón | 20201 | 2 |
| San Roque | 20304 | 2 |
| San Vicente | 11401 | 2 |
| Santa Cruz | 12005 | 3 |
| Santa Rosa | 30509 | 4 |
| Santiago | 10401 | 5 |
| Santo Domingo | 40301 | 2 |
| Uruca | 10107 | 2 |
| Zapotal | 20212 | 2 |
| Zapote | 10105 | 2 |
| Ángeles | 20208 | 2 |
How an address is written in Costa Rica
This is the order Costa Rica's postal service expects. Square brackets mark what you replace.
[Recipient name]
[Street address]
[State], [City]
[Postal code (1000)]
COSTA RICA
A postal code is optional in Costa Rica addresses — mail is deliverable without one, though including it speeds up sorting.
Look up a specific address
For the code covering one particular street or building, Costa Rica's postal service publishes an official finder: correos.go.cr/codigo-postal. It is authoritative and kept current, which third-party copies often are not.
Country reference
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 | CR |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 | CRI |
| Capital | San Jose |
| Telephone code | +506 |
| Currency | Colon (CRC) |
| Internet TLD | .cr |
Sources and licensing
Postal code data from GeoNames, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Address formats and validation rules derive from Google's international address metadata, cross-checked against Universal Postal Union addressing standards. Last verified August 2026. Confirm time-critical addresses with the destination country's postal operator.
Postal codes by town and city
380 places in Costa Rica have a recorded postal code. The 1 largest have their own page; the rest are listed alphabetically.