San Carlos in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.5833, -84.4167
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 75 km away
- Same name
- 605 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Carlos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The present local time in San Carlos, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is given below, for the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Carlos, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Carlos
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in San Carlos, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in San Carlos right now
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San Carlos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10503
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 San Carlos
- San Carlos Cojedes, Venezuela
- San Carlos Ñuble, Chile
- San Carlos California, United States
- San Carlos Maldonado, Uruguay
- San Carlos Córdoba, Colombia
Nearby places
- Unión — 14.6 km
- Vaca Blanca — 15.1 km
- Vara Blanca — 15.2 km
- Koschny — 16.7 km
- Corea — 16.8 km
- Cerro Cortés — 16.9 km
Local time details for San Carlos
San Carlos contains 1 postal code.
San Carlos keeps time under America/Costa_Rica. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
The sun comes up over San Carlos at 5:28 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:21 PM. That is 11 h 53 min between the two.
Nearby places like Unión and Vaca Blanca are on San Carlos time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does San Carlos observe?
- San Carlos observes America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Will the time in San Carlos move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in San Carlos: No.
- When does morning light reach San Carlos?
- At 5:28 AM.