Balsa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9426, -84.3787
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 40 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balsa, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The clock above shows the current local time in Balsa, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, which uses America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Balsa, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Balsa
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Balsa.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Balsa right now
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Balsa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20505 Concepción — 1.5 km away
- 10705 Picagres — 3.8 km away
- 20501 Atenas — 4.4 km away
- 20508 Escobal — 5.0 km away
- 20503 Mercedes — 5.4 km away
- 20111 Turrúcares — 5.9 km away
- 20502 Jesús — 6.8 km away
- 10404 Grifo Alto — 7.5 km away
- 20507 Santa Eulalia — 8.1 km away
- 10407 Desamparaditos — 8.1 km away
- 20504 San Isidro — 8.4 km away
- 20506 San José — 8.5 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
- Copalar — 15.2 km
- Jilgueral — 16.0 km
- Pedernal — 16.1 km
- Bajo Chacones — 16.7 km
- La Palma — 16.9 km
- Chirraca — 17.0 km
Balsa: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes correspond to Balsa.
The local zone in Balsa is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Today Balsa gets sunrise at 5:30 AM and sunset at 5:15 PM. That leaves 11 h 45 min of daylight.
Time in Balsa applies without change in Copalar and Jilgueral nearby.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Balsa based on?
- The clock in Balsa is based on America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Balsa?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Balsa?
- Sunset in Balsa is at 5:15 PM.