El Fósforo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9209, -85.0224
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 147 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Fósforo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page answers what time it is in El Fósforo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica right now, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
El Fósforo, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Fósforo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Fósforo, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in El Fósforo right now
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El Fósforo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21305 Delicias — 6.6 km away
- 21301 Upala — 8.5 km away
- 21307 Yolillal — 9.3 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 Fósforo
- El Fosforo Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Nearby places
- El Carmen — 2.4 km
- Quebradón — 3.8 km
- Montecristo — 5.0 km
- La Cruz — 5.1 km
- Cabeza De Leon — 5.4 km
- Rosario — 5.6 km
Local time details for El Fósforo
For El Fósforo today, sunrise is 5:30 AM and sunset is 5:23 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 52 min.
For nearby El Carmen and Quebradón, use the time shown for El Fósforo.
The full list of postal codes for El Fósforo runs to 3.
The time zone assigned to El Fósforo is America/Costa_Rica, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with El Fósforo?
- The value associated with El Fósforo is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Fósforo shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in El Fósforo: No.
- When is the sun down in El Fósforo?
- The sun goes down at 5:23 PM.