Balsa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.1718, -84.5037
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 54 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balsa, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Current local time for Balsa, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is listed here, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Balsa, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Balsa
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Balsa, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Balsa right now
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Balsa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20204 Piedades Norte — 4.6 km away
- 20210 Volio — 6.1 km away
- 21104 Guadalupe — 7.7 km away
- 21102 Laguna — 7.9 km away
- 20203 San Juan — 8.6 km away
- 20211 Concepción — 8.9 km away
- 20209 Alfaro — 9.3 km away
- 21106 Zapote — 9.8 km away
- 20201 San Ramón — 10.1 km away
- 20207 San Isidro — 11.1 km away
- 20603 San José — 11.1 km away
- 20606 San Juan — 11.3 km away
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 Balsa
- Balsa Hunedoara County, Romania
- Balsa Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Balsa La Paz Department, Bolivia
- Balsa Paraná, Brazil
- Balsa Barinas, Venezuela
Nearby places
- Llano Brenes — 20.1 km
- Zapote — 20.7 km
- Dulce Nombre — 20.8 km
- Estanquillo — 21.4 km
- Bajo Cacao — 21.6 km
- Facio — 21.7 km
About the time in Balsa
Postal codes valid in Balsa number 12.
Balsa is served by the America/Costa_Rica time zone, offset UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The day begins at Balsa with sunrise at 5:30 AM and ends with sunset at 5:15 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 45 min.
Close to Balsa, the towns of Llano Brenes and Zapote show the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Balsa follow?
- Balsa follows America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the time in Balsa shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- What time is last light in Balsa?
- The sun sets at 5:15 PM.