San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8898, -85.1678
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 126 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Learn the current time in San Rafael, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, a place in the America/Costa_Rica time 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
San Rafael keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:27 AM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:46 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
Local time details for San Rafael
Milpa and San Blas sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind San Rafael.
Postal coverage of San Rafael comes to 12 codes.
Clocks in San Rafael are set by America/Costa_Rica and read UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise arrives in San Rafael at 5:30 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:24 PM. That gives the day 11 h 54 min of light.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for San Rafael identified?
- The time zone for San Rafael is identified as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in San Rafael?
- Daylight saving in San Rafael: No.
- When is the sun up in San Rafael?
- The sun comes up at 5:30 AM.