Pochotal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.5793, -84.6086
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 81 km away
What time is it in Pochotal, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Below is the local time in Pochotal, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, kept in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Pochotal, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Pochotal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Pochotal, Puntarenas Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Pochotal right now
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Pochotal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61101 Jacó — 5.4 km away
- 11605 Carara — 14.7 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
- Garabito — 4.6 km
- Jaco — 4.6 km
- Playa Hermosa — 5.0 km
- San Antonio — 5.1 km
- Jaco Beach — 5.1 km
- San Antonio — 5.3 km
Pochotal: clock, sun and surroundings
Local time in Pochotal comes from the America/Costa_Rica zone, UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The day begins at Pochotal with sunrise at 5:28 AM and ends with sunset at 5:22 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 54 min.
Clocks in Jaco and Garabito read the same as clocks in Pochotal.
Pochotal takes in 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Pochotal?
- The time zone that applies to Pochotal is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is the hour in Pochotal changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Pochotal?
- Expect it at 5:22 PM.