Cheap calls to Costa Rica from $0.033/min
Calling Costa Rica with callmins costs $0.033 a minute to landlines and $0.088 to mobiles, from your browser or the callmins app, with no subscription. Dial +506 and the number, and pay only for the minutes you use from a prepaid wallet.
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Per minute to Costa Rica
- Landline
- $0.033
- Mobile
- $0.088
USD, before tax. Billed per minute from your wallet.
Rates to Costa Rica by caller ID
Carriers price a call partly by the number it comes from, so the rate depends on which callmins number you show as caller ID. The headline price above is the highest of these, so it never understates what you'll pay.
For Costa Rica, the rate is the same whichever callmins number you call from: $0.033 a minute to landlines and $0.088 to mobiles.
What a call to Costa Rica costs
Worked out at the highest rate, so your call costs this or less.
| Call length | To a landline | To a mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | $0.16 | $0.44 |
| 10 minutes | $0.33 | $0.88 |
| 30 minutes | $0.99 | $2.65 |
| 60 minutes | $1.97 | $5.30 |
For comparison, check the international rate card of your mobile network or landline provider. Pay-as-you-go international calls on a phone plan are usually billed per minute at well above wholesale, and many plans need an international add-on first. A $5 callmins top-up buys about 56 minutes to a mobile in Costa Rica.
How to call Costa Rica
Numbers in Costa Rica have no trunk prefix: you dial the same digits after +506 as people dial at home.
| Calling from | Dial |
|---|---|
| The US or Canada | 011 506 83123456 |
| The UK and most of Europe | 00 506 83123456 |
| Australia | 0011 506 83123456 |
| A mobile, anywhere | +506 83123456 |
Example: a mobile number in Costa Rica, written 8312 3456 at home, is +506 8312 3456 in international format. In the callmins dialer, type it in international format, starting +506.
Mobile or landline?
- Mobile numbers start with
- 30, 50, 57, 60–65, 70–73, 83–898 digits after +506
- Landlines start with
- 20–22, 24–278 digits after +506
- Rate difference
- $0.033 landline · $0.088 mobile
Number ranges from Google's libphonenumber data, after +506 and without any leading 0. Ported numbers keep their original range.
Time in Costa Rica
- Time zone
- UTC−6
- Compared with New York
- 1 hour behind New YorkNoon in New York is 11:00 am there (standard time).
- Compared with London
- 6 hours behind LondonNoon in London is 6:00 am there (standard time).
Daylight saving shifts these by an hour for part of the year where either side changes clocks.
Calling Costa Rica with callmins
- Sign up with email or Google. It's free and there's no app to install.
- Top up your wallet by $5 or more by card (Apple Pay and Google Pay work where supported).
- Open the dialer, type the number and press call. The rate shows before it rings.
- Optional: rent your own UK, US or Canadian number (a US number is $2.00/month, no setup fee) so people in Costa Rica see a real number and can call you back.
Questions people ask
How much does it cost to call Costa Rica?
With callmins, calls to Costa Rica cost $0.033 a minute to landlines and $0.088 a minute to mobiles, paid from a prepaid wallet with no subscription. A 10-minute call to a mobile costs about $0.88.
What is the country code for Costa Rica?
The country code for Costa Rica is +506. From the US or Canada dial 011 then 506 and the number; from the UK dial 00 506; from any mobile you can type +506 instead.
Do I need an app or a SIM card to call Costa Rica?
No. callmins calls Costa Rica from a web browser on a laptop or phone, over your internet connection, so there's nothing to install and no SIM or roaming involved. There are also callmins apps for iPhone, Android and Mac if you prefer.
Can I call Costa Rica for free?
App-to-app calls (WhatsApp, FaceTime, Signal) are free when both people have the app and a data connection. To reach a landline in Costa Rica, or a mobile that's offline or has no data, you need a paid call to the phone network, which is what callmins sells, from $0.033 a minute.
Is the price the same for mobiles and landlines in Costa Rica?
No. Landlines cost $0.033 a minute and mobiles $0.088, because mobile networks in Costa Rica charge carriers a different fee to connect calls. The dialer shows the exact rate for the number you type before you call.
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Call Costa Rica from $0.033 a minute.
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Rates in USD before tax, from callmins' carrier rate deck. The dialer always shows the exact price for the number you dial. Full rate table.