La Esmeralda in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.8815, -82.8337
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 183 km away
- Same name
- 356 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Esmeralda, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
The clock for La Esmeralda, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica is kept here in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
La Esmeralda, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in La Esmeralda
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in La Esmeralda, Puntarenas Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in La Esmeralda right now
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La Esmeralda and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60802 Sabalito — 10.4 km away
- 60801 San Vito — 12.9 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 La Esmeralda
- La Esmeralda Coahuila, Mexico
- La Esmeralda Guanajuato, Mexico
- La Esmeralda Piura, Peru
- La Esmeralda Oaxaca, Mexico
- La Esmeralda Panamá, Panama
Nearby places
- San Francisco — 1.6 km
- Chanchera — 1.9 km
- San Luis — 4.1 km
- San Miguel — 6.0 km
- Unión — 7.0 km
- Valle Hermoso — 8.2 km
Local time details for La Esmeralda
Today in La Esmeralda, daylight opens at 5:20 AM and closes at 5:15 PM. That span measures 11 h 55 min.
La Esmeralda and nearby San Francisco and Chanchera are never an hour apart.
A total of 2 postal codes belong to La Esmeralda.
The zone in force in La Esmeralda is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of UTC−6. Seasonal change: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in La Esmeralda?
- Time in La Esmeralda follows the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time used in La Esmeralda?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for La Esmeralda.
- The sun sets at 5:15 PM.