Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.0000, -84.6167
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 126 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
This page displays how late it is in Santa Elena, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Elena, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 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 Santa Elena right now
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Santa Elena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51004
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 Santa Elena
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- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
Local time details for Santa Elena
The sky over Santa Elena lightens at 5:29 AM and the sun sets at 5:21 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 53 min today.
The hours shown for Santa Elena apply equally in Esperanza and Rampla.
Santa Elena is split into 1 postal code areas.
Santa Elena carries the America/Costa_Rica zone, offset UTC−6. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Santa Elena labeled?
- The time zone for Santa Elena is labeled America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Will the time in Santa Elena move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Elena: No.
- When does daylight begin in Santa Elena?
- Daylight begins at 5:29 AM.