Palma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.4996, -84.6870
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 89 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palma, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page holds the current clock reading for Palma, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Palma, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Palma
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Palma, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 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 Palma right now
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Palma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21007 La Fortuna — 4.5 km away
- 21012 Monterrey — 9.4 km away
- 21010 Venado — 11.2 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 Palma
- Palma Balearic Islands, Spain
- Palma Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Palma Sicily, Italy
- Palma Sicily, Italy
- Palma Alagoas, Brazil
Nearby places
- Orquídea — 6.8 km
- Jilguero — 7.5 km
- National Park Arenal — 8.5 km
- Guayabal — 9.5 km
- El Bosque — 10.4 km
- El Castillo — 11.2 km
About the time in Palma
Sunlight reaches Palma at 5:29 AM and fades after 5:22 PM today. The span is 11 h 54 min.
The same local time applies in Palma, Orquídea and Jilguero.
Palma spans 3 postal codes.
Time in Palma follows the zone America/Costa_Rica, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Palma?
- Palma uses the America/Costa_Rica time zone, which has an offset of −6.
- Do clocks change in Palma during the year?
- Daylight saving in Palma: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Palma?
- Today the sun rises at 5:29 AM.