Zarcero in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.1896, -84.3796
- Population
- 3 559
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 42 km away
What time is it in Zarcero, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Local time in Zarcero, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica is shown on this page, based on the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Zarcero, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Zarcero
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Zarcero, Alajuela Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 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 Zarcero right now
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Zarcero and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21101
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
Nearby places
- Huacalillo — 23.0 km
- Sabana Larga — 23.5 km
- Plancillo — 23.7 km
- Horcones — 23.9 km
- Guacalillo — 24.1 km
- Boquerón — 24.1 km
Zarcero: clock, sun and surroundings
Time zone for Zarcero: America/Costa_Rica, running at UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
First light in Zarcero comes at 5:27 AM today; darkness returns after 5:21 PM. The day gives 11 h 53 min of light.
Zarcero and nearby Huacalillo and Sabana Larga are never an hour apart.
1 codes make up the postal map of Zarcero.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Costa_Rica be used as the time zone for Zarcero?
- Yes, Zarcero uses America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- What time zone rules apply in Zarcero — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Zarcero: No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Zarcero?
- In Zarcero the sun sets at 5:21 PM.