Monticel in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9903, -84.3326
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 34 km away
What time is it in Monticel, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The current local time in Monticel, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica — time zone America/Costa_Rica (−6) — is shown right here.
Monticel, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Monticel
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Monticel.
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 Monticel right now
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Monticel and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20113 Garita — 3.2 km away
- 20501 Atenas — 4.2 km away
- 20305 Tacares — 4.9 km away
- 20307 Puente de Piedra — 5.0 km away
- 20111 Turrúcares — 5.2 km away
- 20507 Santa Eulalia — 5.4 km away
- 20505 Concepción — 5.9 km away
- 20503 Mercedes — 7.3 km away
- 20607 El Rosario — 8.2 km away
- 20804 Carrillos — 8.3 km away
- 20506 San José — 8.3 km away
- 20105 Guácima — 8.6 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
Nearby places
- Cañales Arriba — 18.7 km
- Mercedes Sur — 19.0 km
- Bajo Legüita — 19.3 km
- Cañales Abajo — 19.8 km
- Canales — 19.8 km
- Bajo Máquina — 19.8 km
About the time in Monticel
Delivery zones in Monticel are marked by 12 postal codes.
Time in Monticel runs on America/Costa_Rica, which is UTC−6. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Sunlight reaches Monticel at 5:27 AM and fades after 5:21 PM today. The span is 11 h 54 min.
Both Cañales Arriba and Mercedes Sur are near Monticel and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Monticel?
- In Monticel, the applicable time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Monticel have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Monticel: No.
- When does the sun go down in Monticel?
- Sunset in Monticel is at 5:21 PM.