San Carlos in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.9083, -83.0875
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 162 km away
- Same name
- 605 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Carlos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Use this page to see what time it is in San Carlos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica — the America/Costa_Rica zone applies there (−6).
San Carlos, Costa Rica
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Carlos
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Carlos.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:21 AM Solar noon 11:19 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:00 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in San Carlos right now
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San Carlos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10503
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 San Carlos
- San Carlos Cojedes, Venezuela
- San Carlos Ñuble, Chile
- San Carlos California, United States
- San Carlos Maldonado, Uruguay
- San Carlos Córdoba, Colombia
Nearby places
- Desamparados — 6.6 km
- Platanillo — 6.9 km
- Paraíso — 7.4 km
- Unión — 7.7 km
- Sabanilla — 8.1 km
- Brusmalis — 9.3 km
Local time details for San Carlos
The sun breaks the horizon at San Carlos at 5:21 AM and leaves it at 5:16 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 55 min.
The same local time applies in San Carlos, Desamparados and Platanillo.
San Carlos contains 1 postal code.
San Carlos marks time with America/Costa_Rica at an offset of UTC−6. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches San Carlos?
- The time zone setting that matches San Carlos is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Will the time in San Carlos move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in San Carlos: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in San Carlos?
- At 5:21 AM.