Santa Marta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.5987, -82.8999
- Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 202 km away
- Same name
- 188 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Marta, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Below is the local time in Santa Marta, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, kept in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Marta, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Marta
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Marta, Puntarenas Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Santa Marta right now
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Santa Marta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61003 Canoas — 5.4 km away
- 61001 Corredor — 5.6 km away
- 61002 La Cuesta — 13.7 km away
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 Marta
- Santa Marta Magdalena Department, Colombia
- Santa Marta Extremadura, Spain
- Santa Marta Chiriquí Province, Panama
- Santa Marta Los Santos Province, Panama
- Santa Marta Liguria, Italy
Nearby places
- Coloradito — 0.9 km
- Tropezón — 1.7 km
- Argentina — 1.7 km
- Barrio Nuevo — 2.2 km
- Vegas de Abrojo Norte — 2.4 km
- Corredores — 2.5 km
Time and daylight in Santa Marta
3 postal codes are listed for Santa Marta.
Santa Marta follows America/Costa_Rica, giving it a UTC−6 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Santa Marta at 5:20 AM and leaves it at 5:16 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 56 min.
There is no time difference between Santa Marta and nearby Coloradito or Argentina.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Santa Marta?
- Select America/Costa_Rica for Santa Marta; the offset is −6.
- Is the hour in Santa Marta changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- What time is last light in Santa Marta?
- The sun sets at 5:16 PM.