Carara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6819, -84.5245
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 67 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carara, San José, Costa Rica
This page shows the time as it is now in Carara, San José, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Carara, Costa Rica
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Carara
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Carara, San José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:06 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Carara right now
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Carara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11605
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 Carara
Nearby places
- Pacayal — 0.5 km
- Pavona — 2.6 km
- San Gabriel — 2.7 km
- San Francisco — 2.8 km
- Esperanza — 3.4 km
- Alto Espavel — 4.7 km
About the time in Carara
Postal numbering in Carara covers 1 codes.
Standard time in Carara comes from America/Costa_Rica and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
In Carara today the sun is out from 5:27 AM until 5:22 PM. That comes to 11 h 55 min of daylight.
The same local time applies in Carara, Pacayal and Pavona.
Questions and answers
- How is Carara's time zone listed?
- Carara's time zone is listed as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is the time in Carara adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Carara?
- It appears at 5:27 AM.