San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.0259, -84.5673
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 126 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The time in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Rafael 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 Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Santa Rita — 0.4 km
- San Alejandro — 1.1 km
- Isla Chica — 1.2 km
- Masaya — 2.1 km
- San Isidro — 2.3 km
- Trocha — 3.3 km
About the time in San Rafael
The sun breaks the horizon at San Rafael at 5:28 AM and leaves it at 5:21 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 53 min.
Whatever the hour in San Rafael, it is the same in Santa Rita and San Alejandro.
12 postal codes have been allocated to San Rafael.
The zone applied in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in San Rafael?
- The clock in San Rafael follows America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does San Rafael have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in San Rafael: No.
- Which time marks sunset in San Rafael?
- 5:21 PM marks sunset.