Matapalo in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.3307, -83.9581
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 78 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Matapalo, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
See what time it currently is in Matapalo, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica — the time zone there is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Matapalo, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Matapalo
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Matapalo keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:04 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Matapalo right now
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Matapalo and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60602 Savegre — 3.2 km away
- 11910 Río Nuevo — 16.4 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 Matapalo
- Matapalo Tumbes, Peru
- Matapalo Cauca Department, Colombia
- Matapalo Nariño, Colombia
- Matapalo Nariño, Colombia
- Matapalo Zulia, Venezuela
Nearby places
- Platanillo — 2.4 km
- Portalon — 3.6 km
- Palma Quemada — 4.9 km
- Dos Bocas — 5.3 km
- Salsipuedes — 6.1 km
- Pasito — 6.8 km
Local time details for Matapalo
Standard time in Matapalo comes from America/Costa_Rica and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Today the day starts in Matapalo at 5:25 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:20 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 55 min.
The local time of Matapalo is shared by neighbouring Platanillo and Portalon.
Postal numbering in Matapalo covers 2 codes.
Questions and answers
- Can Matapalo's time zone be given as America/Costa_Rica?
- Yes, Matapalo's time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Matapalo?
- No.
- What time will the sun set in Matapalo today?
- Today it sets at 5:20 PM.