San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3957, -84.5919
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 74 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page shows the time as it is now in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
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
- Cerritos — 8.5 km
- Criques — 8.9 km
- San Jorge — 9.5 km
- Coopezamora — 10.4 km
- Las Rocas — 11.6 km
- Bajo Rodríguez — 11.7 km
About the time in San Rafael
Nearby settlements including Cerritos and Criques match the time in San Rafael.
Locations in San Rafael are covered by 12 postal codes.
The time zone used in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise for San Rafael today is set at 5:28 AM, sunset at 5:21 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone San Rafael uses?
- San Rafael uses the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks change in San Rafael during the year?
- Daylight saving in San Rafael: No.
- When does daylight end in San Rafael?
- Daylight ends at 5:21 PM.