La Palma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.1333, -85.4667
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 158 km away
- Same name
- 774 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Palma, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
This page shows the time of day in La Palma, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica as it stands now, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
La Palma, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in La Palma
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
La Palma keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:31 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:25 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in La Palma right now
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La Palma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50201 Nicoya — 4.5 km away
- 51101 Hojancha — 10.8 km away
- 51104 Huacas — 16.3 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 La Palma
- La Palma California, United States
- La Palma Jalisco, Mexico
- La Palma Guanajuato, Mexico
- La Palma Querétaro, Mexico
- La Palma Darién, Panama
Nearby places
- Minas — 13.4 km
- Rio Brujo — 13.5 km
- Maravilla — 13.7 km
- Pilangosta — 13.7 km
- Minas — 13.9 km
- Santa Elena — 13.9 km
About the time in La Palma
At La Palma the sun clears the horizon at 5:31 AM and sinks again at 5:25 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 53 min.
The clock in nearby Minas and Rio Brujo follows La Palma.
Postal service in La Palma uses 3 codes.
La Palma sits under America/Costa_Rica, which puts local clocks at UTC−6. Daylight saving in use: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in La Palma?
- Local time in La Palma is determined by America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local time in La Palma include a summer time period?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in La Palma?
- At 5:31 AM.