Cartagos in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9167, -85.1667
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 159 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Below is the local time in Cartagos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, kept in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Cartagos, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Cartagos
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cartagos.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:31 AM Solar noon 11:27 AM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:45 PM
Weather in Cartagos right now
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Cartagos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21303 San José o Pizote — 5.1 km away
- 21302 Aguas Claras — 11.1 km away
- 21305 Delicias — 12.3 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 Cartagos
- Cartagos Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Jerico — 1.7 km
- La Chepa — 2.8 km
- Cuatro Bocas — 2.9 km
- Roble — 2.9 km
- El Mango — 3.7 km
- Los Cartagos — 3.7 km
Cartagos: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun is up at 5:31 AM in Cartagos and down again at 5:24 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 53 min of daylight.
The local time of Cartagos is shared by neighbouring Jerico and La Chepa.
There are 3 postal code zones in Cartagos.
Standard time in Cartagos comes from America/Costa_Rica and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Cartagos in for local time?
- For local time, Cartagos is in America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Cartagos keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Cartagos: No.
- When does evening light leave Cartagos?
- At 5:24 PM.