San Jose in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0293, -84.0275
- Population
- 335 007
- Region
- Heredia Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 0 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Jose, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Watch the current local time in San Jose, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, running on the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Jose, Costa Rica
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Jose
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in San Jose, Heredia Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in San Jose right now
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San Jose and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20102 San José
- 20303 San José
- 20506 San José
- 20603 San José
- 40602 San José
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 Francisco 55 923
- San Vicente 34 447
- San Miguel 28 827
- San Pedro 27 477
- San Juan 26 047
- San Rafael 25 410
Other places named San Jose
- San Jose California, United States
- San Jose San José, Costa Rica
- San Jose Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose Mimaropa, Philippines
- San Jose Bicol Region, Philippines
Nearby places
- Tobosi — 21.8 km
- Tablon — 22.3 km
- Jerico — 22.4 km
- Purires — 22.5 km
- Cuesta Grande — 22.5 km
- Barrancas — 22.9 km
Time and daylight in San Jose
Clocks in San Jose take America/Costa_Rica as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
In San Jose the sun rises today at 5:29 AM and sets again at 5:13 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 44 min of the day.
The time in San Jose is also the time in nearby Tobosi and Tablon.
Postal designations for San Jose total 5.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for San Jose labeled?
- The time zone for San Jose is labeled America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does San Jose stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in San Jose: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in San Jose today?
- Sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 5:13 PM.