Palo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3500, -84.4167
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 56 km away
- Same name
- 30 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
What follows is the current local time in Palo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Palo, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Palo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Palo, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Palo right now
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Palo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21001 Quesada — 2.7 km away
- 21009 La Palmera — 6.4 km away
- 21002 Florencia — 9.3 km away
- 21003 Buenavista — 10.5 km away
- 21107 Brisas — 12.4 km away
- 21106 Zapote — 12.5 km away
- 21004 Aguas Zarcas — 14.8 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 Palo
- Palo Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Palo Iowa, United States
- Palo Lima region, Peru
- Palo Veneto, Italy
- Palo Aragon, Spain
Nearby places
- Barranca — 20.9 km
- Llano Bonito — 21.6 km
- Alto Villegas — 21.7 km
- Cuesta Venada — 22.3 km
- Canuela — 22.3 km
- Volio — 22.5 km
Palo: clock, sun and surroundings
7 postal codes describe the layout of Palo.
Palo holds to America/Costa_Rica time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Today at Palo, the sun rises at 5:32 AM and sets at 5:14 PM. That gives 11 h 42 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Barranca and Llano Bonito sit in the same time as Palo.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Palo be stated?
- It should be stated as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Palo use summer time?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in Palo?
- Local sunset is 5:14 PM.