San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.4276, -84.4251
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 62 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
On this page you will find the exact local time 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 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:42 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
- Cedral Sur — 6.8 km
- San Luis — 7.2 km
- San Luis — 7.8 km
- Ángeles — 8.1 km
- Puente De Casa — 8.3 km
- Tetsalia — 8.3 km
Local time details for San Rafael
The postal system lists 12 codes for San Rafael.
San Rafael reads its time from America/Costa_Rica, placed at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving time is observed: No.
Today at San Rafael, the sun rises at 5:28 AM and sets at 5:21 PM. That gives 11 h 53 min of daylight.
For Cedral Sur and San Luis near San Rafael, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in San Rafael?
- Time in San Rafael follows the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in San Rafael?
- No.
- What time is first light in San Rafael?
- The sun rises at 5:28 AM.