Matapalo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.2488, -85.0104
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 110 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matapalo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
See what time it currently is in Matapalo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica — the time zone there is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Matapalo, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Matapalo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Matapalo keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Matapalo right now
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Matapalo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50701 Las Juntas — 1.5 km away
- 50703 San Juan — 9.8 km away
- 60106 Manzanillo — 12.0 km away
- 50603 San Miguel — 12.2 km away
- 50704 Colorado — 12.3 km away
- 50702 Sierra — 14.6 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
- Las Huacas — 3.4 km
- Congo — 3.7 km
- Abangares — 3.7 km
- Ujarras — 4.4 km
- Nancital — 4.7 km
- Palmita — 6.4 km
Time and daylight in Matapalo
Sunrise today is 5:30 AM in Matapalo, with sunset at 5:23 PM. That works out to 11 h 53 min of light.
Close by, Las Huacas and Congo keep time with Matapalo.
Within Matapalo, postal codes number 6.
Matapalo tells time by America/Costa_Rica, an offset of UTC−6. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Matapalo follow?
- Matapalo follows America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time reach Matapalo?
- Daylight saving time in Matapalo: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Matapalo?
- Today the sun rises at 5:30 AM.