El Amparo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.8311, -84.6657
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 113 km away
- Same name
- 102 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Amparo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page reports the local time in El Amparo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, set by the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Amparo, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Amparo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Amparo.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in El Amparo right now
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El Amparo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21403
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 Amparo
- El Amparo Tamaulipas, Mexico
- El Amparo San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- El Amparo Coahuila, Mexico
- El Amparo Chiapas, Mexico
- El Amparo Chiapas, Mexico
Nearby places
- San Isidro — 1.0 km
- San Macario — 2.1 km
- San José del Amparo — 2.2 km
- Vasconia — 2.5 km
- Los Corrales — 2.6 km
- Trinidad — 3.2 km
Time and daylight in El Amparo
Postal designations for El Amparo total 1.
Hours in El Amparo are kept by America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Daylight saving observed: No.
At El Amparo the sun clears the horizon at 5:29 AM and sinks again at 5:22 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 53 min.
The hours shown for El Amparo apply equally in San Isidro and San Macario.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with El Amparo?
- The value associated with El Amparo is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Amparo switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in El Amparo: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in El Amparo?
- Sunset there is at 5:22 PM.