Mercedes in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.1004, -85.3950
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 150 km away
- Same name
- 73 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mercedes, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Check the current local time in Mercedes, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, which sits in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Mercedes, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Mercedes
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mercedes.
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 Mercedes right now
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Mercedes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11503
- 20503
- 40102
- 70602
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 Mercedes
- Mercedes Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mercedes Bicol Region, Philippines
- Mercedes Soriano, Uruguay
- Mercedes Corrientes, Argentina
- Mercedes Texas, United States
Nearby places
- Guapinol — 12.2 km
- Cabrera — 12.4 km
- Mercedes — 12.9 km
- Cuesta Roja — 13.4 km
- Bajo Los Saltos — 13.4 km
- San Isidro — 13.8 km
Time and daylight in Mercedes
Addresses in Mercedes fall under 4 postal codes.
The applicable time zone for Mercedes is America/Costa_Rica, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock change applies: No.
Today the sun rises over Mercedes at 5:31 AM and sets at 5:25 PM. That is 11 h 54 min of daylight in all.
For Guapinol and Cabrera near Mercedes, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Costa_Rica be used as the time zone for Mercedes?
- Yes, Mercedes uses America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Is the time in Mercedes adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Mercedes?
- Sunset in Mercedes is at 5:25 PM.