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
This page holds the current clock reading for San Rafael, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 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 5:26 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:05 AM – 5:41 PM
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
The local zone in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Sunrise comes to San Rafael at 5:26 AM and sunset at 5:20 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 54 min of light.
Anyone in Llano Bonito or Caragral reads the same clock as San Rafael.
12 postal codes are current for 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 5:26 AM.