El Bosque in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9877, -84.3133
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 32 km away
- Same name
- 157 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Bosque, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Learn the current time in El Bosque, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, a place in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Bosque, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Bosque
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Bosque keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:05 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in El Bosque right now
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El Bosque and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20113 Garita — 1.1 km away
- 20305 Tacares — 4.5 km away
- 20111 Turrúcares — 5.0 km away
- 20307 Puente de Piedra — 5.9 km away
- 20501 Atenas — 6.2 km away
- 20105 Guácima — 6.6 km away
- 20804 Carrillos — 7.0 km away
- 20505 Concepción — 7.4 km away
- 20507 Santa Eulalia — 7.4 km away
- 20102 San José — 7.5 km away
- 20104 San Antonio — 7.6 km away
- 20112 Tambor — 7.6 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 Bosque
- El Bosque Chiapas, Mexico
- El Bosque Andalusia, Spain
- El Bosque Guanajuato, Mexico
- El Bosque Michoacán, Mexico
- El Bosque Tabasco, Mexico
Nearby places
- Bajo Legua — 20.1 km
- Bajo La Legua — 20.1 km
- Pedernal — 20.2 km
- Pozos — 20.6 km
- Bajo Chacones — 20.9 km
- Santa Marta — 20.9 km
Local time details for El Bosque
Neighbouring Bajo Legua and Bajo La Legua keep the same hours as El Bosque.
Within El Bosque, postal codes number 12.
Clocks in El Bosque take America/Costa_Rica as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
In El Bosque today the sun is out from 5:27 AM until 5:21 PM. That comes to 11 h 54 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Costa_Rica be used as the time zone for El Bosque?
- Yes, El Bosque uses America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Does El Bosque adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in El Bosque?
- Today the sun rises at 5:27 AM.