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
This page tells you the time right now in San Jose, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Jose, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 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 05:28 Solar noon 11:37 Sunset 17:45 Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 05:07 – 18:06
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
The postal breakdown of San Jose runs to 5 codes.
Clocks in San Jose take America/Costa_Rica as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's daylight in San Jose begins at 05:28 and finishes at 17:45. The total is 12 h 17 min.
San Jose keeps the same time as its neighbours San Francisco and San Miguel.
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 05:28, sunset 17:45.