Cartago in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8667, -83.9167
- Population
- 26 594
- Region
- Cartago Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 22 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartago, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
This page displays how late it is in Cartago, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Cartago, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Cartago
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cartago.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:04 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Cartago right now
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Cartago and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30101 Oriental — 0.5 km away
- 30102 Occidental — 1.3 km away
- 30103 Carmen — 1.4 km away
- 30701 San Rafael — 2.3 km away
- 30104 San Nicolás — 4.1 km away
- 30801 El Tejar — 4.2 km away
- 30205 Llanos de Santa Lucía — 4.5 km away
- 30106 Guadalupe o Arenilla — 4.9 km away
- 30702 Cot — 5.7 km away
- 30109 Dulce Nombre — 7.0 km away
- 30108 Tierra Blanca — 7.1 km away
- 30304 San Rafael — 7.2 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
- San Juan 26 047
- San Rafael 25 410
Other places named Cartago
- Cartago Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
- Cartago Nariño, Colombia
- Cartago California, United States
- Cartago Bolívar, Venezuela
- Cartago Cesar Department, Colombia
Nearby places
- El Guarco — 13.0 km
- San Cayetano — 13.7 km
- Aguacaliente O San Francisco — 13.9 km
- Vara De Roble — 14.5 km
- Vara del Roble — 14.5 km
- La Sierra — 15.1 km
About the time in Cartago
Sunrise comes to Cartago at 5:25 AM and sunset at 5:19 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 54 min of light.
The clock in nearby El Guarco and San Cayetano follows Cartago.
The postal breakdown of Cartago runs to 12 codes.
The zone name for Cartago is America/Costa_Rica and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Cartago identified?
- The time zone for Cartago is identified as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Cartago shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Cartago: No.
- When does light leave Cartago?
- Light leaves at 5:19 PM.