Costa Rica: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Costa Rica shows historical data for the Costa Rican Colons per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Costa Rican Colons per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Costa Rica become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Costa Rica.

The series for Costa Rica are available from July 2006 to February 2025. For that period, the average exchange rate for Costa Rica was 548.4616 Costa Rican Colons per USD with a minimum of 493.8702 Costa Rican Colons per USD in March 2008 and a maximum of 685.9927 Costa Rican Colons per USD in June 2022. The most recent available data point is 506.9772 Costa Rican Colons per USD, a change of 0.31% from the previous data point of 505.4311 Costa Rican Colons per USD and a change of -1.64% from a year ago when the level was 515.4564 Costa Rican Colons per USD.

Currency values in Costa Rica and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.