Carmen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0130, -84.2151
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 21 km away
- Same name
- 103 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carmen, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Learn the current time in Carmen, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, a place in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Carmen, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Carmen
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Carmen.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:29 Solar noon 11:37 Sunset 17:46 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:08 – 18:07
Weather in Carmen right now
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Carmen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10101
- 30103
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 Carmen
- Carmen Ilocos, Philippines
- Carmen Davao Region, Philippines
- Carmen Nuevo León, Mexico
- Carmen Soccsksargen, Philippines
- Carmen Central Visayas, Philippines
Nearby places
- Bajo Cerdas — 20.9 km
- Bajo Loaiza — 21.4 km
- Sevilla — 21.5 km
- Lagunillas — 21.9 km
- Bajos de Jorco — 22.1 km
- Caragral — 22.2 km
About the time in Carmen
Carmen accounts for 2 postal codes.
Carmen keeps the America/Costa_Rica zone, which is UTC−6. Whether summer time is observed: No.
The sun is up at 05:29 in Carmen and down again at 17:46. Between those times there are 12 h 17 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Carmen and in nearby Rio Segundo and Alajuela.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Carmen listed?
- The time zone in Carmen is listed as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Carmen switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Carmen: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Carmen?
- It disappears at 17:46.