Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0080, -85.4708
- Region
- Guanacaste Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 158 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
On this page the local time of Santa Elena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica is updated live, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Santa Elena keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:31 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:47 PM
Weather in Santa Elena right now
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Santa Elena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51004
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 Elena
- Santa Elena Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Santa Elena Entre Rios, Argentina
- Santa Elena Bicol Region, Philippines
- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Quebrada Bonita — 1.3 km
- Lajas — 2.7 km
- San Josecito de Cuesta Grande — 3.7 km
- San Miguel — 3.8 km
- Belen De Nosarita — 5.2 km
- Guapinol — 5.8 km
Time and daylight in Santa Elena
Addresses in Santa Elena fall under 1 postal code.
Local time in Santa Elena comes from the America/Costa_Rica zone, UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Today the day starts in Santa Elena at 5:31 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:26 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 54 min.
Around Santa Elena, places such as Quebrada Bonita and Lajas use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Santa Elena?
- In Santa Elena, the applicable time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the clock in Santa Elena stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Elena: No.
- How late does the sun set in Santa Elena?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:26 PM.