Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0086, -83.7555
- Region
- Cartago Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 30 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Use this page to see what time it is in Santa Cruz, Cartago Province, Costa Rica — the America/Costa_Rica zone applies there (−6).
Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Cruz, Cartago Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:24 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:03 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12005
- 30504
- 50301
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Nearby places
- El Duan — 17.7 km
- Guatusito — 17.9 km
- Tucurrique — 18.5 km
- Urasca — 19.1 km
- Acevedo — 19.3 km
- Yolanda — 19.5 km
Santa Cruz: clock, sun and surroundings
Both El Duan and Guatusito are near Santa Cruz and keep its time.
3 distinct postal codes apply to Santa Cruz.
The name of the time zone in Santa Cruz is America/Costa_Rica, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunlight reaches Santa Cruz at 5:24 AM and fades after 5:19 PM today. The span is 11 h 54 min.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Santa Cruz follow?
- Santa Cruz follows America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Santa Cruz?
- Sunrise 5:24 AM, sunset 5:19 PM.