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
What follows is the current local time in Cartagena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Cartagena, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 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 05:34 Solar noon 11:43 Sunset 17:52 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:13 – 18:13
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 divide Cartagena.
The time zone used in Cartagena is America/Costa_Rica, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
For Cartagena today, sunrise is 05:34 and sunset is 17:52. Daylight lasts 12 h 17 min.
Cartagena and its neighbours Belen and Sardinal keep one clock.
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 17:52.