Arenal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6442, -84.4147
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 60 km away
- Same name
- 76 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arenal, San José, Costa Rica
What follows is the current local time in Arenal, San José, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Arenal, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Arenal
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Arenal, San José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Arenal right now
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Arenal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50807
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 San José
- San Jose 335 007
- San Francisco 55 923
- San Isidro 34 877
- Curridabat 34 586
- San Vicente De Moravia 34 447
- San Vicente 34 447
Other places named Arenal
- Arenal México, Mexico
- Arenal Bolívar, Colombia
- Arenal Yoro Department, Honduras
- Arenal México, Mexico
- Arenal México, Mexico
Nearby places
- Bajos de Guarumal — 1.6 km
- Chires — 2.1 km
- Ángeles — 2.2 km
- Guarumalito — 2.2 km
- Venado — 3.2 km
- Cristo Rey — 3.5 km
Local time details for Arenal
Places close to Arenal, among them Bajos de Guarumal and Chires, share its time.
Arenal contains 1 postal code.
Arenal counts hours by America/Costa_Rica, which stands at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Sunrise falls at 5:27 AM today in Arenal, with the sun setting at 5:22 PM. That leaves 11 h 55 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Arenal?
- The time zone setting that matches Arenal is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Do people in Arenal set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Arenal: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Arenal?
- In Arenal the sun rises at 5:27 AM.