El Carmen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9201, -85.0006
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 145 km away
- Same name
- 760 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Carmen, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The time now in El Carmen, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is shown here, following the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Carmen, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Carmen
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Carmen.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:27 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in El Carmen right now
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El Carmen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21307 Yolillal — 6.9 km away
- 21305 Delicias — 8.5 km away
- 21301 Upala — 8.7 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 Carmen
- El Carmen Ñuble, Chile
- El Carmen Biobio, Chile
- El Carmen Biobio, Chile
- El Carmen Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
- El Carmen Chocó, Colombia
Nearby places
- El Fósforo — 2.4 km
- Montecristo — 2.8 km
- San Isidro de Zapote — 3.8 km
- Cabeza De Leon — 3.8 km
- San Judas — 4.0 km
- San Isidro — 4.3 km
About the time in El Carmen
Places close to El Carmen, among them El Fósforo and Montecristo, share its time.
Mail addressed to El Carmen uses 3 postal codes.
The local zone in El Carmen is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The sun rises here at 5:30 AM and sets at 5:23 PM in El Carmen today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to El Carmen?
- El Carmen is assigned to the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is the offset in El Carmen changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in El Carmen?
- Yes, it is 5:23 PM.