El General in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.3721, -83.6273
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 85 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El General, San José, Costa Rica
See what time it currently is in El General, San José, Costa Rica — the time zone there is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
El General, Costa Rica
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El General
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El General, San José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:24 AM Solar noon 11:20 AM Sunset 5:17 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:02 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in El General right now
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El General and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11902
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 El General
- El General Aguascalientes, Mexico
- El General Chihuahua, Mexico
- El General Chihuahua, Mexico
- El General Coahuila, Mexico
- El General Coahuila, Mexico
Nearby places
- Peje — 10.7 km
- Juntas de Pacuar — 11.3 km
- Juntas — 11.5 km
- Las Brisas — 12.1 km
- Bajo Mora — 12.3 km
- Ribera — 12.6 km
Time and daylight in El General
The same local time applies in El General, Peje and Juntas de Pacuar.
El General takes in 1 postal code.
El General holds to America/Costa_Rica time, which equals UTC−6. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: No.
The horizon brightens over El General at 5:24 AM, and the sun sets at 5:17 PM. Daylight runs 11 h 54 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches El General?
- The time zone setting that matches El General is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does El General observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- Which time marks sunset in El General?
- 5:17 PM marks sunset.