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
Check the current local time in Alto, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, which sits in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Alto, Costa Rica
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Alto
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Alto keeps America/Costa_Rica time.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:25 Solar noon 11:33 Sunset 17:41 Daylight 12 h 16 min Night 11 h 44 min Civil twilight 05:04 – 18:02
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 Wisconsin, United States
- 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
2 postal codes are current for Alto.
Local clocks in Alto follow the America/Costa_Rica zone, UTC−6. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunrise for Alto today is set at 05:25, sunset at 17:41. Daylight covers 12 h 16 min.
Time runs the same in Alto and in nearby Golfito and Atrocho.
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 05:25.