El Tanque in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.4775, -84.5810
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 78 km away
- Same name
- 102 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Tanque, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page shows the current local time in El Tanque, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Tanque, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Tanque
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Tanque, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in El Tanque right now
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El Tanque and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21007 La Fortuna — 9.1 km away
- 21012 Monterrey — 11.2 km away
- 21002 Florencia — 13.7 km away
- 20213 Peñas Blancas — 15.3 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 Tanque
- El Tanque México, Mexico
- El Tanque Guerrero, Mexico
- El Tanque Durango, Mexico
- El Tanque Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Tanque Chiapas, Mexico
Nearby places
- La Cruz — 6.7 km
- Chachagua — 8.1 km
- Colonia Trinidad — 8.9 km
- San Rafael — 9.2 km
- El Molino — 9.9 km
- San Pedro — 11.6 km
About the time in El Tanque
4 codes make up the postal map of El Tanque.
El Tanque works to America/Costa_Rica time, set at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's sun rises in El Tanque at 5:28 AM, then sets at 5:22 PM. The day offers 11 h 54 min of daylight.
The local time of El Tanque is shared by neighbouring La Cruz and Chachagua.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for El Tanque?
- Choose America/Costa_Rica for El Tanque, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in El Tanque?
- Daylight saving time in El Tanque: No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in El Tanque?
- Today the sun sets at 5:22 PM.