Barranca in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0695, -84.5329
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 56 km away
- Same name
- 43 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Barranca, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Local time right now in Barranca, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica appears above, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Barranca, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Barranca
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Barranca.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Barranca right now
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Barranca and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60108
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 Barranca
- Barranca Lima region, Peru
- Barranca Loreto, Peru
- Barranca Zulia, Venezuela
- Barranca Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia
- Barranca La Paz Department, Bolivia
Nearby places
- Cuatro Esquinas Norte — 16.3 km
- Hacienda Vieja — 16.8 km
- Rastro Viejo — 16.9 km
- Marichal — 17.0 km
- López — 17.1 km
- Cuatro Esquinas Este — 17.1 km
Local time details for Barranca
Today in Barranca the sun appears at 5:32 AM and sets again at 5:14 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 42 min.
Cuatro Esquinas Norte and Hacienda Vieja lie near Barranca and keep identical time.
Barranca operates with 1 postal code.
Barranca holds to America/Costa_Rica time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Barranca in?
- Barranca is in the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in Barranca adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Barranca?
- Today the sun sets at 5:14 PM.