Capital in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.4500, -84.0833
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 65 km away
What time is it in Capital, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
This page reports the local time in Capital, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, set by the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Capital, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Capital
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Capital keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:04 AM – 5:42 PM
Weather in Capital right now
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Capital and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60603 Naranjito — 3.2 km away
- 60601 Quepos — 6.1 km away
- 10502 San Lorenzo — 13.3 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
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Capital
3 postal codes are attached to Capital.
The time zone here in Capital is America/Costa_Rica, offset UTC−6. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Sunrise in Capital is at 5:25 AM today, and sunset comes at 5:20 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 55 min.
Same time, different place: Paso Indios and Londres near Capital.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Capital?
- Capital observes the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Capital?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Capital?
- It appears at 5:25 AM.