San Jose in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3869, -84.9690
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 110 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Jose, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
The clock for San Jose, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica is kept here in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Jose, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Jose
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Jose 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 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:45 PM
Weather in San Jose right now
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San Jose and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20102 San José
- 20303 San José
- 20506 San José
- 20603 San José
- 40602 San José
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 San Jose
- San Jose California, United States
- San Jose Heredia Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose San José, Costa Rica
- San Jose Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose Mimaropa, Philippines
Nearby places
- Tres Hermanos — 9.7 km
- Santa Lucía — 9.7 km
- Alajuelita — 10.0 km
- Concepcion — 10.0 km
- Quebrada Honda — 10.1 km
- Zapote — 10.5 km
Time and daylight in San Jose
The sun comes up over San Jose at 5:30 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:23 PM. That is 11 h 54 min between the two.
Neighbouring places Santa Lucía and Tres Hermanos run on San Jose time.
San Jose is split into 5 postal code areas.
The time standard for San Jose is America/Costa_Rica at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes San Jose?
- The time zone that includes San Jose is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the time in San Jose shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in San Jose?
- Expect it at 5:30 AM.