City profile · Costa Rica · North America
Liberia
Guanacaste Province · Costa Rica
City population
45,380
#4
in Costa Rica
#1
in Guanacaste Province
#12,455
worldwide
10.635, -85.438 · 167 km from San José
About Liberia
Liberia is a city in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica with a population of 45,380. It is the 4th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Costa Rica, and the 12,455th largest worldwide. It lies 167 km from San José.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Guanacaste Province
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
148 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
Coordinates
10.635, -85.438
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 35 in Costa RicaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.