San Francisco in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0709, -84.3628
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 37 km away
- Same name
- 1593 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Francisco, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The reading below is the local time in San Francisco, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, taken from the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Francisco, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Francisco
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Francisco keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:29 Solar noon 11:38 Sunset 17:46 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:08 – 18:08
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San Francisco and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10802
- 40103
- 40604
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 Francisco
- San Francisco California, United States
- San Francisco Caraga, Philippines
- San Francisco Cordoba, Argentina
- San Francisco San José, Costa Rica
- San Francisco Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Potrerillos — 19.2 km
- Potrerillos — 19.2 km
- Cacao — 19.7 km
- Grifo Bajo — 20.0 km
- Llano Grande — 20.0 km
- Alto Poro — 20.2 km
Time and daylight in San Francisco
Postal areas within San Francisco come to 3.
People in San Francisco keep America/Costa_Rica, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
In San Francisco, today's sun rises at 05:29 and sets at 17:46. Light stays for 12 h 17 min.
Clocks in San Rafael and San Juan read the same as clocks in San Francisco.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does San Francisco use?
- San Francisco uses America/Costa_Rica, which has an offset of −6.
- Do people in San Francisco set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in San Francisco: No.
- What time is sunset in San Francisco?
- It is 17:46.