Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.3218, -84.8240
- 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
What follows is the current local time in Santa Elena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Santa Elena keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 5:38 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 — 11.0 km
- Alto Méndez — 11.3 km
- Surtubal — 12.6 km
- Guacimal — 13.2 km
- Bajo Chanchos — 14.0 km
- Tierra Colorada — 14.1 km
About the time in Santa Elena
People in Santa Elena keep America/Costa_Rica, a zone offset of UTC−6. Seasonal time change: No.
The sky over Santa Elena lightens at 5:32 AM and the sun sets at 5:16 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 45 min today.
Santa Elena keeps the same time as its neighbours San Antonio and Alto Méndez.
The full list of postal codes for Santa Elena runs to 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Santa Elena?
- The time zone setting that matches Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks in Santa Elena shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Santa Elena today?
- Sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 5:16 PM.