San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8713, -83.8958
- Population
- 25 410
- Region
- Cartago Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 23 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in San Rafael, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
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 – 5:40 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 San Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- El Guarco — 13.7 km
- Aguacaliente O San Francisco — 13.9 km
- Hacienda Queveri — 14.5 km
- Queverí — 14.5 km
- Purisil — 14.8 km
- San Cayetano — 15.1 km
Local time details for San Rafael
San Rafael holds to America/Costa_Rica time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise time for San Rafael today is 5:25 AM; sunset time is 5:19 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 54 min.
Both El Guarco and Aguacaliente O San Francisco are near San Rafael and keep its time.
Mail delivery in San Rafael relies on 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to San Rafael?
- The time zone assigned to San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover San Rafael?
- Daylight saving time in San Rafael: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in San Rafael?
- Sunrise there is at 5:25 AM.