San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9727, -85.2642
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 136 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Get the current local time in San Rafael, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, a location in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Rafael 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 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- El Mora — 5.9 km
- Porvenir — 6.4 km
- Roncha — 6.6 km
- Nandayure — 6.6 km
- San Josecito — 7.0 km
- Cabeceras Río Bejuco — 7.6 km
About the time in San Rafael
Today's sun rises in San Rafael at 5:31 AM, then sets at 5:25 PM. The day offers 11 h 54 min of daylight.
Close to San Rafael, the towns of El Mora and Porvenir show the same time.
The full list of postal codes for San Rafael runs to 12.
San Rafael carries the America/Costa_Rica zone, offset UTC−6. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in San Rafael?
- The time zone used in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does San Rafael follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in San Rafael?
- The sun sets in San Rafael at 5:25 PM.