San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3475, -84.6019
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 72 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Local time in San Rafael, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is shown on this page, based on the America/Costa_Rica time 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
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
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 5:07 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
- Jabonalito — 20.0 km
- Los Bajos — 21.0 km
- Barranquilla — 21.2 km
- Zapotal — 21.7 km
- San Antonio — 21.8 km
- Bajo La Paz — 22.1 km
Time and daylight in San Rafael
San Rafael is mapped by 12 postal codes.
San Rafael keeps time under America/Costa_Rica. That places it at UTC−6, with daylight saving time No.
The sun is up at 5:28 AM in San Rafael and down again at 5:22 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 54 min of daylight.
The time you see for San Rafael is also correct for Jabonalito and Los Bajos.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does San Rafael use?
- San Rafael uses America/Costa_Rica, which has an offset of −6.
- Does San Rafael have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in San Rafael: No.
- When is the sun up in San Rafael?
- The sun comes up at 5:28 AM.