Arenal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.5203, -84.8519
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 105 km away
- Same name
- 76 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arenal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Find the present-moment local time in Arenal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, which uses America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Arenal, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Arenal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Arenal keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:31 Solar noon 11:40 Sunset 17:49 Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 05:10 – 18:10
Weather in Arenal right now
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Arenal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50807
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 Guanacaste Province
Other places named Arenal
- Arenal México, Mexico
- Arenal Bolívar, Colombia
- Arenal Yoro Department, Honduras
- Arenal México, Mexico
- Arenal México, Mexico
Nearby places
- Arenal Viejo — 6.2 km
- Silencio — 7.2 km
- Sangregado — 7.6 km
- Río Chiquito Abajo — 7.8 km
- Rio Chiquito — 9.3 km
- Cano Negro — 10.3 km
About the time in Arenal
Arenal falls within America/Costa_Rica, which places it UTC−6 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sky over Arenal lightens at 05:31 and the sun sets at 17:49. Daylight runs for 12 h 18 min today.
Nearby, Venado and Tilaran go by the same clock as Arenal.
Records show 1 postal code for Arenal.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Arenal in for local time?
- For local time, Arenal is in America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local schedule in Arenal include a clock change?
- No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Arenal?
- Today the sun sets at 17:49.