San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0161, -84.0994
- Population
- 25 410
- Region
- Heredia Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 8 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
The clock above shows the current local time in San Rafael, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, which uses America/Costa_Rica (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
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 – 18:07
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 San Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Llano Bonito — 21.7 km
- Caragral — 21.9 km
- Quebrada Honda — 22.2 km
- Joya — 22.2 km
- Tarbaca — 22.2 km
- Hoyo — 22.4 km
About the time in San Rafael
A total of 12 postal codes belong to San Rafael.
The local zone in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Sunrise arrives in San Rafael at 05:28 today and the sun goes down at 17:45. That gives the day 12 h 17 min of light.
The local time of San Rafael is shared by neighbouring San Josecito and San Rafael.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to San Rafael?
- America/Costa_Rica corresponds to San Rafael and has an offset of −6.
- Does the time in San Rafael vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in San Rafael: No.
- What time does the sun rise in San Rafael?
- The sun rises in San Rafael at 05:28.