Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3229, -84.8232
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 93 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
The current local time in Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica — time zone America/Costa_Rica (−6) — is shown right here.
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Santa Elena right now
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Santa Elena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51004
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 Elena
- Santa Elena Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Santa Elena Entre Rios, Argentina
- Santa Elena Bicol Region, Philippines
- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- San Antonio — 11.1 km
- Alto Méndez — 11.4 km
- Surtubal — 12.7 km
- Guacimal — 13.4 km
- Bajo Chanchos — 14.1 km
- San Martín Norte — 14.2 km
Time and daylight in Santa Elena
Postal areas within Santa Elena come to 1.
Clocks in Santa Elena take America/Costa_Rica as their zone, reading UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today in Santa Elena the sun appears at 5:29 AM and sets again at 5:23 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 54 min.
Travelling from Santa Elena to San Antonio or Alto Méndez does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Santa Elena observe?
- Santa Elena observes America/Costa_Rica, whose offset is −6.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Santa Elena?
- No.
- How early does the sun rise in Santa Elena?
- The first sunlight comes at 5:29 AM.