Atenas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9833, -84.3833
- Population
- 7 014
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 39 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
The present local time in Atenas, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is given below, for the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Atenas, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Atenas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Atenas keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
Sunrise 5:31 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:36 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Atenas is served by a set of 1 postal code.
Atenas counts hours by America/Costa_Rica, which stands at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
In Atenas, first light arrives at 5:31 AM and the sun goes down at 5:14 PM. The day holds 11 h 43 min of light.
Neighbouring places Cruce and Mercedes Sur run on Atenas time.