Selva in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.0264, -84.6224
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 129 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Selva, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
See what time it currently is in Selva, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica — the time zone there is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Selva, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Selva
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Selva, 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 Selva right now
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Selva and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21401 Los Chiles — 7.4 km away
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 Selva
- Selva Balearic Islands, Spain
- Selva Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- Selva Abruzzo, Italy
- Selva Lombardy, Italy
- Selva Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Nearby places
- Empujón — 0.7 km
- Esperanza — 1.2 km
- Estrella — 1.6 km
- Raudal — 1.9 km
- San José — 2.2 km
- Santa Elena — 3.0 km
Time and daylight in Selva
Neighbouring Empujón and Esperanza sit in the same time as Selva.
Selva works with 1 postal code.
Time in Selva runs on America/Costa_Rica, which is UTC−6. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Daylight in Selva starts at 5:29 AM and ends at 5:21 PM today. It lasts 11 h 53 min.
Questions and answers
- Can Selva's time zone be given as America/Costa_Rica?
- Yes, Selva's time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Selva apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Selva — what times?
- 5:29 AM and 5:21 PM.