Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.7031, -83.1370
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 177 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alto, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
The time you see here is the local time in Alto, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Alto, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Alto
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Alto keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 11 h 46 min Night 12 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:03 AM – 5:32 PM
Weather in Alto right now
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Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60703 Guaycará — 6.8 km away
- 60701 Golfito — 6.9 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 Alto
- Alto Texas, United States
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- Alto California, United States
- Alto Piedmont, Italy
Nearby places
- Naranjal — 7.2 km
- Oasis de Esperanza — 7.4 km
- Ureña — 7.5 km
- Alamedas — 7.6 km
- Rotonda — 7.6 km
- Bellavista — 7.8 km
Alto: clock, sun and surroundings
Alto and its neighbours Naranjal and Oasis de Esperanza keep one clock.
The postal system lists 2 codes for Alto.
Local clocks in Alto follow the America/Costa_Rica zone, UTC−6. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunlight reaches Alto at 5:25 AM and fades after 5:10 PM today. The span is 11 h 46 min.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Alto?
- The local time zone in Alto is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is the offset in Alto changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does morning light reach Alto?
- At 5:25 AM.