[quote=”sweikert925″]Given how much the weather in Costa Rica is influenced by how high up you live, I thought I’d post these location elevations I came across recently. I’m not sure how accurate these are and the site I found them on (weatherbase.com) doesn’t say whether these are average elevation, highest elevation or lowest elevation but I’m going to guess that they are lowest since the number posted for Puerto Limon is -12 feet.
HEREDIA Elevation: 3743 feet
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Sorry to be so picky on this, but these numbers are neither accurate, nor precise; whether you think of Heredia as a city or a canton.
If the CITY, Heredia is in the range of about 3600′ (~1108m) to 3900′ (1200m). UNA, for example, at Av. Cent., is 3800′.
If the CANTON of Heredia, the range is about 30′ (9.2m) to over 9400′ (2890m).
I am sure the same applies to all the others listed. As you say, altitude = microclimate = weather.
You can parse altitudes of individual neighborhoods & streets with Google Earth, and parse lines of equal altitude with Google Maps.
PEH
