Canitas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.1333, -85.4833
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 201 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Canitas, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
What follows is the current local time in Canitas, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Canitas, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Canitas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Canitas keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:33 Solar noon 11:42 Sunset 17:51 Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 05:12 – 18:13
Weather in Canitas right now
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Canitas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51003 La Garita — 7.1 km away
- 51002 Santa Cecilia — 15.3 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 Guanacaste Province
Other places named Canitas
- Cañitas San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Cañitas Nuevo León, Mexico
- Canitas Cerro Largo, Uruguay
- Cañitas Tarija Department, Bolivia
- Canitas Los Lagos Region, Chile
Nearby places
- Fortuna — 1.0 km
- Espavel — 1.8 km
- Santa Maria — 1.9 km
- Lavaderos — 5.4 km
- Asilo — 6.5 km
- San Salvador — 6.6 km
About the time in Canitas
Canitas contains 2 postal codes.
The zone in force in Canitas is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of UTC−6. Seasonal change: No.
Sunrise happens at 05:33 in Canitas today and sunset at 17:51. That marks 12 h 18 min of daylight.
The clock reading for Canitas covers nearby Fortuna and Espavel as well.
Questions and answers
- Is Canitas in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Canitas is in the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Canitas?
- No.
- What time is first light in Canitas?
- The sun rises at 05:33.