Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.2436, -84.4734
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 54 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The current hour and minute in Santa Elena, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica are shown here, in the America/Costa_Rica 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
What the clock shows right now in Santa Elena.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:06 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
- Santa Elena Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Santa Elena Entre Rios, Argentina
- Santa Elena Bicol Region, Philippines
- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Orlich — 20.7 km
- Amistad — 20.8 km
- Alto Salas — 21.2 km
- Alto Santiago — 21.3 km
- La Granja — 21.4 km
- Granja — 21.5 km
Local time details for Santa Elena
The day begins at Santa Elena with sunrise at 5:28 AM and ends with sunset at 5:21 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 54 min.
Neighbouring Orlich and Amistad keep the same hours as Santa Elena.
Santa Elena appears under 1 postal code.
Standard time in Santa Elena comes from America/Costa_Rica and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Santa Elena follow?
- Local time in Santa Elena follows 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 light arrive in Santa Elena?
- Light arrives at 5:28 AM.