Mercedes in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3099, -84.4256
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 54 km away
- Same name
- 73 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mercedes, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Below is the local time in Mercedes, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, kept in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Mercedes, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Mercedes
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mercedes.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Mercedes right now
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Mercedes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11503
- 20503
- 40102
- 70602
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 Mercedes
- Mercedes Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mercedes Bicol Region, Philippines
- Mercedes Soriano, Uruguay
- Mercedes Corrientes, Argentina
- Mercedes Texas, United States
Nearby places
- Alto Palmas — 22.2 km
- Chaparral — 22.4 km
- Guarumal — 22.5 km
- Corrales — 22.5 km
- Bajo Tajos — 22.7 km
- El Muro — 22.9 km
About the time in Mercedes
Sunrise for Mercedes today is set at 5:27 AM, sunset at 5:21 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 54 min.
Neighbouring Alto Palmas and Chaparral keep the same hours as Mercedes.
The postal system lists 4 codes for Mercedes.
The name of the time zone in Mercedes is America/Costa_Rica, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Mercedes?
- Mercedes is in America/Costa_Rica, which has an offset of −6.
- Do people in Mercedes set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Mercedes: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Mercedes?
- At 5:21 PM.