Balsa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.9537, -84.0825
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 10 km away
- Same name
- 36 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balsa, San José, Costa Rica
Current local time for Balsa, San José, Costa Rica is listed here, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Balsa, Costa Rica
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Balsa
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Balsa.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 48 min Night 12 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Balsa right now
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Balsa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11305 Colima — 0.7 km away
- 11302 Cinco Esquinas — 0.8 km away
- 11301 San Juan — 1.3 km away
- 11303 Anselmo Llorente — 1.4 km away
- 10102 Merced — 1.7 km away
- 10802 San Francisco — 1.7 km away
- 10803 Calle Blancos — 1.8 km away
- 11304 León XIII — 2.1 km away
- 10101 Carmen — 2.4 km away
- 40306 Santa Rosa — 2.7 km away
- 40305 Santo Tomás — 3.0 km away
- 10103 Hospital — 3.0 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 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 Balsa
- Balsa Hunedoara County, Romania
- Balsa Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Balsa La Paz Department, Bolivia
- Balsa Paraná, Brazil
- Balsa Barinas, Venezuela
Nearby places
- Rosario — 18.0 km
- Salitral — 18.2 km
- San Juan Sur — 18.3 km
- Hortensia — 18.6 km
- Corralillo — 18.6 km
- Rancho Grande — 18.8 km
Time and daylight in Balsa
Every address in Balsa sits within one of 12 postal codes.
Balsa adheres to America/Costa_Rica, a UTC−6 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Daylight arrives in Balsa at 5:27 AM and departs at 5:15 PM. It lasts 11 h 48 min today.
Rosario and Salitral are near Balsa and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Balsa?
- In Balsa, the applicable time zone is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Balsa?
- Daylight saving in Balsa: No.
- How early does the sun rise in Balsa?
- The first sunlight comes at 5:27 AM.