El Achiote in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.7385, -84.9587
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 129 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Achiote, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
You can see the current local time of El Achiote, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica on this page, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
El Achiote, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Achiote
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Achiote, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:35 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 41 min Night 12 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:13 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in El Achiote right now
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El Achiote and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21504 Katira — 4.5 km away
- 21304 Bijagua — 9.6 km away
- 21301 Upala — 13.5 km away
- 21503 Cote — 14.5 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 El Achiote
- El Achiote Chiapas, Mexico
- El Achiote Huila Department, Colombia
- El Achiote Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- El Achiote Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- El Achiote Morazan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Santo Domingo — 3.5 km
- Los Chorros — 4.4 km
- Katira — 4.5 km
- San Miguel — 5.0 km
- Maquencal — 7.3 km
- Las Florecitas — 7.7 km
About the time in El Achiote
Sunrise for El Achiote today is set at 5:35 AM, sunset at 5:15 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 41 min.
Set your clock for El Achiote and it will also be right in Santo Domingo and Los Chorros.
Postal codes valid in El Achiote number 4.
El Achiote sits under America/Costa_Rica, which puts local clocks at UTC−6. Daylight saving in use: No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does El Achiote follow?
- El Achiote follows America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in El Achiote?
- Daylight saving time in El Achiote: No.
- Which time marks sunrise in El Achiote?
- 5:35 AM marks sunrise.