Jaco in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6150, -84.6298
- Population
- 4 085
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 80 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
What follows is the current local time in Jaco, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Jaco, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Jaco
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Jaco, Puntarenas Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Jaco right now
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Jaco and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61101 Jacó
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 Jaco
- Jaco Potosí Department, Bolivia
- Jacó Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jacó Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Jaco Zambezia Province, Mozambique
- Jaco West Virginia, United States
Nearby places
- Jaco Beach — 0.7 km
- Garabito — 1.2 km
- Patos — 2.1 km
- San Antonio — 4.1 km
- San Antonio — 4.2 km
- Pueblo Nuevo — 4.5 km
Jaco: clock, sun and surroundings
In Jaco the sun rises today at 5:32 AM and sets again at 5:15 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 44 min of the day.
Nothing changes on the clock between Jaco and neighbouring Jaco Beach or Garabito.
Jaco spans 1 postal code.
Jaco keeps the America/Costa_Rica zone, which is UTC−6. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Costa_Rica be used as the time zone for Jaco?
- Yes, Jaco uses America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Is the local clock in Jaco affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does light leave Jaco?
- Light leaves at 5:15 PM.