Recreo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.8406, -84.9793
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 138 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Recreo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The current hour and minute in Recreo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica are shown here, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Recreo, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Recreo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Recreo, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Recreo right now
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Recreo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21301 Upala — 4.4 km away
- 21307 Yolillal — 8.3 km away
- 21504 Katira — 12.5 km away
- 21304 Bijagua — 12.5 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 Recreo
- Recreo Catamarca, Argentina
- Recreo Santa Fe, Argentina
- Recreo Beni Department, Bolivia
- Recreo Pando, Bolivia
- Recreo Pando, Bolivia
Nearby places
- Llano Azul — 1.7 km
- Maravilla — 1.9 km
- Colonia Puntarenas — 2.2 km
- San Martín — 3.4 km
- Chimurria Abajo — 3.6 km
- San Gabriel — 5.3 km
Time and daylight in Recreo
Llano Azul and Maravilla, both nearby, hold the same time as Recreo.
4 postal codes are in use across Recreo.
Recreo observes America/Costa_Rica time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today in Recreo, daylight opens at 5:30 AM and closes at 5:23 PM. That span measures 11 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- Can Recreo's time zone be given as America/Costa_Rica?
- Yes, Recreo's time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Recreo move for summer time?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Recreo — what times?
- 5:30 AM and 5:23 PM.