Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8816, -83.9428
- Region
- Cartago Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 19 km away
- Same name
- 56 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Caracol, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
The local time of Caracol, Cartago Province, Costa Rica is presented here, in line with the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Caracol, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Caracol
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Caracol keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:28 Solar noon 11:36 Sunset 17:45 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:07 – 18:06
Weather in Caracol right now
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Caracol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30104 San Nicolás — 1.5 km away
- 30102 Occidental — 2.8 km away
- 30106 Guadalupe o Arenilla — 2.9 km away
- 30103 Carmen — 3.1 km away
- 30101 Oriental — 3.7 km away
- 30304 San Rafael — 3.9 km away
- 30801 El Tejar — 4.3 km away
- 30701 San Rafael — 5.3 km away
- 30301 Tres Ríos — 5.8 km away
- 30302 San Diego — 5.9 km away
- 30306 Dulce Nombre — 6.2 km away
- 30110 Llano Grande — 7.1 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 Cartago Province
- San Francisco 55 923
- Paraiso 39 702
- Turrialba 28 955
- San Miguel 28 827
- Cartago 26 594
- San Juan 26 047
Other places named Caracol
- Caracol Piauí, Brazil
- Caracol Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Caracol Nord-Est, Haiti
- Caracol Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama
- Caracol Chiapas, Mexico
Nearby places
- Bajos de León — 13.2 km
- San Cayetano — 14.6 km
- El Guarco — 14.9 km
- San Cristobal — 15.4 km
- Vara De Roble — 15.6 km
- Vara del Roble — 15.6 km
Caracol: clock, sun and surroundings
Caracol observes America/Costa_Rica time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
Caracol greets the sun at 05:28 and loses it at 17:45 today. Daylight runs to 12 h 17 min.
Cartago and San Rafael, both nearby, hold the same time as Caracol.
12 distinct postal codes apply to Caracol.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Caracol?
- The designation used for Caracol is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Caracol?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Caracol?
- Sunrise 05:28, sunset 17:45.