El Castillo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.4262, -84.7570
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 91 km away
- Same name
- 130 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Castillo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
See the local time in El Castillo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica right now, measured in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Castillo, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Castillo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Castillo, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in El Castillo right now
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El Castillo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50803 Tronadora — 8.6 km away
- 20213 Peñas Blancas — 10.1 km away
- 21007 La Fortuna — 11.1 km away
- 50807 Arenal — 14.7 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 Castillo
- El Castillo Veracruz, Mexico
- El Castillo Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Castillo Guanajuato, Mexico
- El Castillo Meta Department, Colombia
- El Castillo Sinaloa, Mexico
Nearby places
- San Gerardo — 11.4 km
- Monte Los Olivos — 12.1 km
- Nubes de Río Chiquito — 12.7 km
- La Cruz — 13.2 km
- Santa Elena — 13.6 km
- Nubes — 13.7 km
Time and daylight in El Castillo
Deliveries to El Castillo are sorted by 4 postal codes.
El Castillo operates on America/Costa_Rica at UTC−6. Daylight saving time used here: No.
The sun rises over El Castillo today at 5:29 AM and slips away at 5:22 PM. That leaves 11 h 54 min of daylight.
For nearby San Gerardo and Monte Los Olivos, use the time shown for El Castillo.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is El Castillo in?
- El Castillo is in the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in El Castillo?
- Daylight saving time in El Castillo: No.
- When does daylight end in El Castillo?
- Daylight ends at 5:22 PM.