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What time is it in Santa Elena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

The current local time in Santa Elena, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica — time zone America/Costa_Rica (−6) — is shown right here.

Santa Elena, Costa Rica

1:09:43 AM

Saturday, 17 October 2026

UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica

Local time in Santa Elena

UTC−6 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Santa Elena.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:29 AM Sunset 5:26 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 5:47 PM

Weather in Santa Elena right now

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Santa Elena and its neighbours

Santa Elena at 10.0794, -85.6615 with the nearest towns within 6.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

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.

Santa Elena in numbers

Coordinates: 10.0794, -85.6615
Region: Guanacaste Province
Country: Costa Rica, North America
Capital: San José — 179 km away
Same name: 736 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Guanacaste Province

Liberia 45 380
Canas 20 306
Nicoya 15 313
Santa Cruz 12 281
Tilaran 7 301
Tamarindo 6 375

Other places named Santa Elena

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Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador

Nearby places

Unión — 2.9 km
Fortuna — 3.0 km
Jazminal — 3.2 km
Alemania — 3.8 km
Rosario — 4.1 km
Progreso — 4.3 km

Santa Elena: clock, sun and surroundings

The register holds 1 postal code for Santa Elena.

The name of the time zone in Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.

The sun will rise at 5:32 AM and set at 5:26 PM in Santa Elena today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 54 min.

Time runs the same in Santa Elena and in nearby Unión and Fortuna.

Questions and answers

What zone is used to calculate the time in Santa Elena?: The time in Santa Elena is calculated using America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
What time zone rules apply in Santa Elena — does the clock change for daylight saving time?: Daylight saving time in Santa Elena: No.
How early in the evening does the sun set in Santa Elena?: It sets at 5:26 PM.