Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.2388, -85.5991
- Population
- 12 281
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 174 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
The current local time in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica is displayed here for the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Cruz, Guanacaste Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:34 AM Solar noon 11:27 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:13 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12005
- 30504
- 50301
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Nearby places
- Esperanza — 11.4 km
- Cabeceras — 12.6 km
- Vista al Mar — 13.6 km
- Pilas — 14.2 km
- Ángeles — 15.0 km
- Sonzapotal — 15.7 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
Addresses in Santa Cruz fall under 3 postal codes.
Santa Cruz belongs to the America/Costa_Rica zone, placing local clocks at UTC−6. Summer time adjustment: No.
Santa Cruz gets its sunrise at 5:34 AM and its sunset at 5:20 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 45 min.
The same local time applies in Santa Cruz, Esperanza and Cabeceras.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Santa Cruz uses?
- Santa Cruz uses the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local schedule in Santa Cruz include a clock change?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Santa Cruz?
- The sun rises at 5:34 AM.