San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.8360, -83.0085
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 173 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Below you can see what the time is in San Rafael, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica now, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:21 AM Solar noon 11:19 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:00 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Santo Domingo — 11.2 km
- Fila Zapote — 11.5 km
- Santa Marta — 11.6 km
- Pueblo Nuevo — 12.3 km
- Copabuena — 12.3 km
- Chiqueros — 12.6 km
About the time in San Rafael
San Rafael includes 12 postal codes.
San Rafael holds to America/Costa_Rica time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise arrives in San Rafael at 5:21 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:16 PM. That gives the day 11 h 56 min of light.
San Rafael shares one clock with the nearby places Santo Domingo and Fila Zapote.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in San Rafael?
- The time zone used in San Rafael is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is the local clock in San Rafael affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does evening light leave San Rafael?
- At 5:16 PM.