El Cañal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.1167, -85.4000
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 151 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Cañal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
The reading below is the local time in El Cañal, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, taken from the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
El Cañal, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Cañal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Cañal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:31 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in El Cañal right now
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El Cañal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51101 Hojancha — 8.4 km away
- 50202 Mansión — 9.0 km away
- 51104 Huacas — 10.5 km away
- 50201 Nicoya — 11.5 km away
- 50204 Quebrada Honda — 15.1 km away
- 50902 Santa Rita — 15.4 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 El Cañal
- El Canal Puebla, Mexico
- El Canal Aguascalientes, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Canal Guerrero, Mexico
Nearby places
- Monte Romo — 13.4 km
- Guapinol — 13.8 km
- Cabrera — 14.3 km
- Lajas — 14.8 km
- Mercedes — 14.8 km
- Cuesta Roja — 15.2 km
Time and daylight in El Cañal
Sunrise comes to El Cañal at 5:31 AM and sunset at 5:25 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 54 min of light.
Check El Cañal and you have also checked Monte Romo and Guapinol.
Postal codes tied to El Cañal number 6.
El Cañal runs its day on America/Costa_Rica, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does El Cañal use?
- El Cañal uses America/Costa_Rica, which has an offset of −6.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in El Cañal?
- Daylight saving in El Cañal: No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in El Cañal?
- Expect it at 5:25 PM.