Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.0261, -84.0213
- Region
- Heredia Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 1 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
On this page the local time of Santa Elena, Heredia Province, Costa Rica is updated live, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Elena, Heredia Province.
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 5:06 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Santa Elena right now
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Santa Elena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51004
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 Santa Elena
- Santa Elena Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Santa Elena Entre Rios, Argentina
- Santa Elena Bicol Region, Philippines
- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Tablon — 21.9 km
- Purires — 21.9 km
- Jerico — 22.2 km
- Barrancas — 22.3 km
- Cuesta Grande — 22.4 km
- Copalchi — 23.0 km
Time and daylight in Santa Elena
Nearby, Tablon and Purires go by the same clock as Santa Elena.
Mail delivery in Santa Elena relies on 1 postal code.
Santa Elena observes America/Costa_Rica time, currently expressed as UTC−6. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise at Santa Elena today happens at 5:28 AM, sunset at 5:14 PM. The two are 11 h 46 min apart.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Santa Elena?
- The time zone name used for Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Santa Elena follow daylight saving time?
- No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Santa Elena?
- 5:28 AM marks sunrise.