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San Rafael
Puntarenasvillage
Demographic figures from INEC Costa Rica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Set in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, San Rafael is recorded in open geodata as a village. Its coordinates of 9.980°, -84.609° place it in the equatorial zone of the northern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,879 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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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
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves6,559
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves5,852
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves5,791
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 · Aves5,782
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves5,609
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5,323
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5,146
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves4,601
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
Nearby places in Puntarenas
- San Juan Grande2.2 mi away
- Macacona2.7 mi away
- Esparza3.9 mi away · pop. 32,000
- San Jerónimo4.2 mi away
- Barranca7 mi away · pop. 32,000
- Mata de Limón7.8 mi away
- El Roble8.6 mi away · pop. 22,300
- Lagunillas9.4 mi away
- San Isidro9.8 mi away
- Chacarita11.2 mi away
- Miramar11.3 mi away · pop. 9,400
- Pitahaya13.9 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org