Achiote in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.2313, -83.3600
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 115 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Achiote, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
The page gives the present local time in Achiote, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, whose time zone is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Achiote, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Achiote
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Achiote.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 5:12 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:03 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Achiote right now
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Achiote and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60309 Brunka — 2.5 km away
- 60301 Buenos Aires — 9.6 km away
- 60302 Volcán — 10.1 km away
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 Puntarenas Province
- Puntarenas 35 650
- Chacarita 26 354
- Esparza 15 575
- Buenos Aires 11 680
- Quepos 7 810
- Corredor 7 084
Other places named Achiote
- Achiote Chiapas, Mexico
- Achiote Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Achiote Loja, Ecuador
- Achiote Los Ríos, Ecuador
- Achiote Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama
Nearby places
- Buenos Aires — 7.2 km
- Potrero Cerrado — 8.6 km
- Los Altos — 8.8 km
- Santa Marta — 9.0 km
- El Ceibo — 9.5 km
- Santa Cecilia — 11.0 km
Achiote: clock, sun and surroundings
Achiote is covered by 3 postal codes.
Achiote is placed in America/Costa_Rica, and its offset from UTC is −6. Daylight saving observed here: No.
Daylight arrives in Achiote at 5:25 AM and departs at 5:12 PM. It lasts 11 h 47 min today.
Buenos Aires and Potrero Cerrado sit close to Achiote and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Achiote observe?
- Achiote observes America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Is the local clock in Achiote affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in Achiote?
- Local sunset is 5:12 PM.