Palmas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3850, -84.3935
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 56 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palmas, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The local time in Palmas, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica — in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6) — is shown on this page.
Palmas, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Palmas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Palmas keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Palmas right now
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Palmas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21009 La Palmera — 1.8 km away
- 21001 Quesada — 6.9 km away
- 21004 Aguas Zarcas — 10.2 km away
- 21002 Florencia — 10.5 km away
- 21005 Venecia — 12.7 km away
- 21003 Buenavista — 15.2 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 Palmas
- Palmas Tocantins, Brazil
- Palmas Paraná, Brazil
- Palmas Arroyo, Puerto Rico
- Palmas Querétaro, Mexico
- Palmas Occitanie, France
Nearby places
- Quesada — 7.7 km
- San Gerardo — 8.0 km
- Gamonales — 8.6 km
- Colon — 8.9 km
- Mercedes — 9.1 km
- Ronrón Abajo — 11.0 km
About the time in Palmas
6 postal codes divide Palmas.
Palmas sets its clocks by America/Costa_Rica, which runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
In Palmas today the sun is out from 5:27 AM until 5:20 PM. That comes to 11 h 53 min of daylight.
Set your clock for Palmas and it will also be right in Quesada and San Gerardo.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Costa_Rica be used as the time zone for Palmas?
- Yes, Palmas uses America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Does daylight saving time reach Palmas?
- Daylight saving time in Palmas: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Palmas?
- The hour is 5:20 PM.