Costa Rica: days of stay calculator
Start here: choose your passportNothing to remind you about yet: mark an entry and the exit, visa-run and vehicle export dates will show up here.
Where to go next
San Jose, Costa Rica Managua, Nicaragua
San Jose, Costa Rica Panama City, Panama
Fuel burned on the road at 10 l/100 km and today’s prices. What you pay at the pump (a full tank, a top-up at the border) is calculated by the map planner.
Costa Rica: who needs a visa
Visa-free: 95 of 198 world passports. Popular passports below — tap one for the full rules of that pair.
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United States
no visa needed,
180 days
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United Kingdom
no visa needed,
180 days
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Canada
no visa needed,
180 days
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Australia
no visa needed,
180 days
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Ireland
no visa needed,
180 days
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India
visa required
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Germany
no visa needed,
180 days
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Russia
no visa needed,
30 days
Data from World passports
Countries with a non-trivial counting rule
22
These destinations use a rolling window or a calendar year — you cannot count that in your head. For other countries pick a destination in the calculator above.
Rules for a specific passport
The calculator counts days against your dates. The entry mode, the counting window and the vehicle import rules depend on the passport — they live on the passport pages.
Choose a passport United States → Costa RicaHow the days are counted
The allowance restarts on every entry: leaving resets the counter.
The day of entry and the day of exit both count as full days.
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.
Other Tools
A printable document with your dates, your allowance and your last authorised day. Handy at the border and for residence applications.
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