Castro in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3667, -84.5167
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 65 km away
- Same name
- 52 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Castro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The time you see here is the local time in Castro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Castro, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Castro
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Castro, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Castro right now
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Castro and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21002 Florencia — 4.2 km away
- 21008 La Tigra — 8.0 km away
- 21003 Buenavista — 10.8 km away
- 21001 Quesada — 12.2 km away
- 20208 Ángeles — 15.2 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 Castro
- Castro Paraná, Brazil
- Castro Los Lagos Region, Chile
- Castro Galicia, Spain
- Castro Apulia, Italy
- Castro Lombardy, Italy
Nearby places
- Zapote — 19.0 km
- Pena — 19.5 km
- Brisa — 19.6 km
- Anateri — 20.0 km
- Bajos Jamaical — 20.3 km
- Bajo Jamaical — 20.3 km
About the time in Castro
Daylight arrives in Castro at 5:28 AM and departs at 5:21 PM. It lasts 11 h 54 min today.
Nothing changes on the clock between Castro and neighbouring Zapote or Pena.
The area of Castro is divided into 5 postal codes.
The time standard for Castro is America/Costa_Rica at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Castro?
- Time in Castro follows the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Castro move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Castro.
- The sunset hour is 5:21 PM.