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
What time is it in Atenas, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The time you see here is the local time in Atenas, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Atenas, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Atenas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Atenas keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:29 Solar noon 11:38 Sunset 17:46 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:08 – 18:08
Weather in Atenas right now
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Atenas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20501
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.
Largest cities in Alajuela Province
- San Jose 335 007
- Alajuela 47 494
- San Vicente 34 447
- San José 31 430
- San Miguel 28 827
- Quesada 27 310
Other places named Atenas
- Atenas Acre, Brazil
- Atenas Amazonas Department, Colombia
- Atenas Santander Department, Colombia
- Atenas Pichincha, Ecuador
- Atenas Sucumbíos, Ecuador
Nearby places
- Cruce — 17.5 km
- Llano Hermoso — 18.1 km
- Mercedes Sur — 18.1 km
- Cerbatana — 18.4 km
- Santa Marta — 18.9 km
- Bajo Legüita — 19.2 km
Local time details for Atenas
Atenas counts hours by America/Costa_Rica, which stands at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
In Atenas, today's sun rises at 05:29 and sets at 17:46. Light stays for 12 h 17 min.
Time runs the same in Atenas and in nearby San Miguel and Esquipulas.
1 postal code is in use across Atenas.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Atenas?
- America/Costa_Rica corresponds to Atenas and has an offset of −6.
- Does Atenas go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Atenas: No.
- Sunset in Atenas is at what time?
- At 17:46.