Cartagena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3826, -85.6749
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 185 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Learn the current time in Cartagena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, a place in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Cartagena, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Cartagena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cartagena.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:37 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 11 h 42 min Night 12 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:15 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in Cartagena right now
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Cartagena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50305
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 Cartagena
- Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia
- Cartagena Murcia, Spain
- Cartagena Valparaiso, Chile
- Cartagena Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cartagena Lambayeque, Peru
Nearby places
- Horcones — 5.6 km
- Rincon — 8.2 km
- Hatillo — 10.1 km
- Trapiche — 11.4 km
- Caimito — 12.0 km
- San Pedro — 12.2 km
Local time details for Cartagena
1 postal code is current for Cartagena.
The time zone used in Cartagena is America/Costa_Rica, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise in Cartagena is at 5:37 AM today, and sunset comes at 5:19 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 42 min.
Time in Cartagena applies without change in Horcones and Rincon nearby.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Costa_Rica the time zone for Cartagena?
- Yes, America/Costa_Rica is the time zone for Cartagena, with an offset of −6.
- Is the local clock in Cartagena affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Cartagena?
- The sun is setting at 5:19 PM.