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San Pedro
Alajuelatown
Total population
8,000
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
San Pedro is a small town in Alajuela, Costa Rica. San Pedro maps to 10.076°, -84.245° — squarely within the tropical belt. Around 8,000 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The location receives about 1,605 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 63% of daylight hours. Clocks here are set to Q5385. Based on its tropical position, residents likely encounter warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Spanning roughly 13.58 km² of territory, San Pedro lies at a notable elevation of 1148 m. Population density therefore averages about 589 per km², a moderate population density. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves36,093
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves31,009
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves27,777
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves27,492
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves26,668
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves26,566
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves24,085
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves23,672
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-08-017 km SE of Orosi, Costa Rica
- M 5.2 — 2026-07-0718 km NW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.1 — 2026-07-034 km SSE of San Rafael Abajo, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-164 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-1410 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica
- M 4.4 — 2026-05-144 km SE of Jacó, Costa Rica
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here









People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Alajuela
- San Juan Sur1.6 mi away
- San Isidro3.2 mi away
- San Isidro3.5 mi away · pop. 22,400
- Carrillos Bajo4 mi away
- Tacares4.5 mi away · pop. 10,200
- Puente de Piedra5.3 mi away · pop. 14,000
- San Antonio del Tejar5.7 mi away · pop. 31,400
- San Pedro6.2 mi away
- Río Segundo6.4 mi away · pop. 13,700
- San Rafael7.4 mi away · pop. 34,000
- La Garita7.7 mi away · pop. 10,000
- Guácima8 mi away · pop. 27,000
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image