Guanacaste in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9389, -84.8214
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 133 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Guanacaste, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
On this page the local time of Guanacaste, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is updated live, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Guanacaste
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Guanacaste, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in Guanacaste right now
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Guanacaste and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21402 Caño Negro — 1.9 km away
- 21307 Yolillal — 13.4 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 Guanacaste
- Guanacaste Nayarit, Mexico
- Guanacaste Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- Guanacaste Choluteca Department, Honduras
- Guanacaste Cortés Department, Honduras
- Guanacaste San Miguel Department, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Cano Negro — 1.9 km
- Penjamo — 4.3 km
- Nueva Esperanza — 5.0 km
- Sabogal — 6.0 km
- San Antonio — 6.1 km
- Brisas — 6.5 km
Guanacaste: clock, sun and surroundings
Guanacaste carries 2 postal codes.
Guanacaste runs its day on America/Costa_Rica, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Sunrise arrives in Guanacaste at 5:32 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:16 PM. That gives the day 11 h 44 min of light.
Time in Guanacaste applies without change in Cano Negro and Penjamo nearby.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Costa_Rica the time zone for Guanacaste?
- Yes, America/Costa_Rica is the time zone for Guanacaste, with an offset of −6.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Guanacaste?
- Daylight saving time in Guanacaste: No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Guanacaste — what are they?
- Sunrise at 5:32 AM, sunset at 5:16 PM.