Matapalo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3611, -85.8099
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 199 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matapalo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Local time right now in Matapalo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica appears above, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Matapalo, Costa Rica
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Matapalo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Matapalo.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:33 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:12 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in Matapalo right now
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Matapalo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50308 Cabo Velas — 1.4 km away
- 50309 Tamarindo — 8.5 km away
- 50304 Tempate — 9.0 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 Matapalo
- Matapalo Tumbes, Peru
- Matapalo Cauca Department, Colombia
- Matapalo Nariño, Colombia
- Matapalo Nariño, Colombia
- Matapalo Zulia, Venezuela
Nearby places
- Cuajiniquil — 1.4 km
- Cabo Velas — 1.4 km
- Lajas — 1.8 km
- Lomas — 1.8 km
- Salinitas — 1.9 km
- Garita — 2.4 km
Local time details for Matapalo
3 postal codes have been allocated to Matapalo.
Clocks in Matapalo are set by America/Costa_Rica and read UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunlight reaches Matapalo at 5:33 AM and fades after 5:27 PM today. The span is 11 h 54 min.
Matapalo keeps the same time as its neighbours Cuajiniquil and Cabo Velas.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Costa_Rica the time zone for Matapalo?
- Yes, America/Costa_Rica is the time zone for Matapalo, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Matapalo?
- Daylight saving time in Matapalo: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Matapalo?
- The hour is 5:33 AM.