El Carmen in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9967, -84.1144
- Region
- Heredia Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 10 km away
- Same name
- 760 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Carmen, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
This page tells you the time right now in El Carmen, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
El Carmen, Costa Rica
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Carmen
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Carmen.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 46 min Night 12 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in El Carmen right now
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El Carmen and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40101 Heredia — 0.3 km away
- 40502 San Josecito — 1.7 km away
- 40902 Rincón de Sabanilla — 1.8 km away
- 40503 Santiago — 1.9 km away
- 40103 San Francisco — 1.9 km away
- 40102 Mercedes — 2.1 km away
- 40901 San Pablo — 2.6 km away
- 40501 San Rafael — 2.7 km away
- 40201 Barva — 2.8 km away
- 40205 Santa Lucía — 3.0 km away
- 40204 San Roque — 3.2 km away
- 40301 Santo Domingo — 3.2 km away
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 Heredia Province
- San Jose 335 007
- San Francisco 55 923
- San Vicente 34 447
- San Miguel 28 827
- San Pedro 27 477
- San Juan 26 047
Other places named El Carmen
- El Carmen Ñuble, Chile
- El Carmen Biobio, Chile
- El Carmen Biobio, Chile
- El Carmen Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
- El Carmen Chocó, Colombia
Nearby places
- Tigre — 20.5 km
- Bajos de Praga — 20.7 km
- Máquina Vieja — 20.7 km
- Manzano — 21.3 km
- Tranquerillas — 21.3 km
- Chirogres — 21.4 km
About the time in El Carmen
The clock reading for El Carmen covers nearby Tigre and Bajos de Praga as well.
The full list of postal codes for El Carmen runs to 12.
The name of the time zone in El Carmen is America/Costa_Rica, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Expect sunrise at 5:28 AM and sunset at 5:14 PM in El Carmen today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 46 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for El Carmen?
- The correct time zone for El Carmen is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Carmen keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in El Carmen: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in El Carmen today?
- Sunrise 5:28 AM, sunset 5:14 PM.