Arenal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3833, -85.7000
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 187 km away
- Same name
- 76 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arenal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
The page gives the present local time in Arenal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, whose time zone is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Arenal, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Arenal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Arenal keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:33 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 5:47 PM
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
- Portegolpe — 5.6 km
- Horcones — 5.9 km
- Rincon — 6.9 km
- Hatillo — 9.4 km
- Trapiche — 10.5 km
- Guatemala — 11.1 km
About the time in Arenal
1 postal code is attached to Arenal.
Arenal belongs to the America/Costa_Rica zone, placing local clocks at UTC−6. Summer time adjustment: No.
Morning light reaches Arenal at 5:33 AM, and the sun sets at 5:26 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 54 min.
Nearby places like Portegolpe and Horcones are on Arenal time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Arenal?
- Local time in Arenal is determined by America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Arenal?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Arenal?
- Yes, it is 5:33 AM.