San Mateo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9500, -84.5167
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 54 km away
- Same name
- 182 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Mateo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This is a live clock for San Mateo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, showing local time in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Mateo, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Mateo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Mateo.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in San Mateo right now
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San Mateo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20401
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 Mateo
- San Mateo Central Luzon, Philippines
- San Mateo California, United States
- San Mateo Aragua, Venezuela
- San Mateo Cagayan Valley, Philippines
- San Mateo Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Nearby places
- El Barro — 10.4 km
- Bajos La Laguna — 11.8 km
- San Jerónimo — 12.0 km
- San Luis — 12.8 km
- San Luis — 12.8 km
- Limon — 13.8 km
About the time in San Mateo
San Mateo is split into 1 postal code areas.
The name of the time zone in San Mateo is America/Costa_Rica, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises over San Mateo today at 5:28 AM and slips away at 5:22 PM. That leaves 11 h 54 min of daylight.
San Mateo shares one clock with the nearby places El Barro and Bajos La Laguna.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to San Mateo?
- The time zone that applies to San Mateo is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in San Mateo change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in San Mateo?
- Local sunset is 5:22 PM.