Merced in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.4562, -84.2328
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 53 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Merced, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The present local time in Merced, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is given below, for the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Merced, Costa Rica
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Merced
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Merced, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Merced right now
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Merced and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10102
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 Merced
- Merced California, United States
- Merced San José, Costa Rica
- Merced Orellana Province, Ecuador
- Merced Western Visayas, Philippines
Nearby places
- Flor — 6.2 km
- Caño Negro — 8.3 km
- San Jorge — 8.7 km
- Guayabo — 9.1 km
- Ángeles Norte — 9.6 km
- Pitalito — 10.0 km
Time and daylight in Merced
Sorting mail for Merced involves 1 postal code.
The local zone in Merced is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
First light in Merced comes at 5:29 AM today; darkness returns after 5:14 PM. The day gives 11 h 45 min of light.
Neighbouring places Flor and Caño Negro run on Merced time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Merced?
- Choose America/Costa_Rica for Merced, with an offset of −6.
- Does Merced move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- Sunrise in Merced is at what time?
- At 5:29 AM.