San Jose in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0887, -84.2758
- Population
- 335 007
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 28 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Jose, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page shows what the clocks read right now in San Jose, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Jose, Costa Rica
Thursday, 3 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Jose
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Jose keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:29 Solar noon 11:38 Sunset 17:47 Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 05:08 – 18:08
Weather in San Jose right now
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San Jose and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20102 San José
- 20303 San José
- 20506 San José
- 20603 San José
- 40602 San José
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
- Alajuela 47 494
- San Vicente 34 447
- San José 31 430
- San Miguel 28 827
- Quesada 27 310
- San Rafael 25 410
Other places named San Jose
- San Jose California, United States
- San Jose Heredia Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose San José, Costa Rica
- San Jose Mimaropa, Philippines
- San Jose Bicol Region, Philippines
Nearby places
- Pito — 24.0 km
- Jaris — 24.2 km
- Tinamaste — 24.4 km
- San Juan — 24.6 km
- Quitirrisí — 24.7 km
- Quitirriel — 24.7 km
San Jose: clock, sun and surroundings
There are 5 postal codes assigned to San Jose.
San Jose sits in the America/Costa_Rica time zone, which runs at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise today in San Jose lands at 05:29; sunset lands at 17:47. That is 12 h 18 min of light.
San Jose shares its time with neighbouring San Juan and Carrillos.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to San Jose?
- The entry corresponding to San Jose is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local schedule in San Jose include a clock change?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in San Jose?
- Sunrise 05:29, sunset 17:47.