San José in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3571, -84.5981
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 72 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San José, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This is the current time in San José, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, shown for the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San José, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San José
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San José keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in San José right now
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San José and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20102
- 20303
- 20506
- 20603
- 40602
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 José
- San Jose California, United States
- San Jose Heredia Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose San José, Costa Rica
- San Jose Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose Mimaropa, Philippines
Nearby places
- Jabonalito — 21.1 km
- Jabonal — 21.4 km
- Palmital — 21.5 km
- La Union — 21.9 km
- Los Bajos — 22.1 km
- Barranquilla — 22.3 km
Time and daylight in San José
San José sees the sun rise at 5:28 AM and set at 5:21 PM today. Daylight runs for 11 h 53 min.
Time in San José applies without change in Jabonalito and Jabonal nearby.
San José includes 5 postal codes.
San José keeps time under America/Costa_Rica. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to San José?
- The applicable time zone information is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in San José?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in San José today?
- Sunrise 5:28 AM, sunset 5:21 PM.