Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.0152, -83.2882
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 139 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
What follows is the current local time in Santa Cruz, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Cruz, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Santa Cruz keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:22 AM Solar noon 11:20 AM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:01 AM – 5:39 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12005
- 30504
- 50301
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Nearby places
- Curre — 4.6 km
- Puerto Nuevo — 5.6 km
- Vegas de Chánguena — 6.6 km
- Changuena — 6.7 km
- Lagarto — 6.7 km
- San Andres — 7.0 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
Sun-up in Santa Cruz is 5:22 AM today and sun-down is 5:17 PM. That gap holds 11 h 55 min of daylight.
For nearby Curre and Puerto Nuevo, use the time shown for Santa Cruz.
Records show 3 postal codes for Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz operates on America/Costa_Rica at UTC−6. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Santa Cruz?
- Choose America/Costa_Rica for Santa Cruz, with an offset of −6.
- Does Santa Cruz observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Santa Cruz: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Santa Cruz?
- The hour is 5:22 AM.