El Sur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.7403, -84.5229
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 63 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Sur, San José, Costa Rica
Get the current local time in El Sur, San José, Costa Rica, a location in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
El Sur, Costa Rica
Thursday, 5 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in El Sur
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Sur keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in El Sur right now
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El Sur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11605 Carara — 6.5 km away
- 11603 San Juan de Mata — 9.3 km away
- 61102 Tárcoles — 11.6 km away
- 11604 San Luis — 12.3 km away
- 10402 Mercedes Sur — 12.9 km away
- 61101 Jacó — 15.2 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 El Sur
- El Sur Veracruz, Mexico
- El Sur Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
- El Sur Asturias, Spain
- El Sur Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
- El Sur Zulia, Venezuela
Nearby places
- Carara — 6.5 km
- Pacayal — 6.5 km
- San Francisco — 7.2 km
- Lajas — 7.4 km
- San Gabriel — 7.5 km
- Playa Bonita — 7.8 km
Local time details for El Sur
Clocks in El Sur are set by America/Costa_Rica and read UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun climbs above El Sur at 5:30 AM and dips below at 5:15 PM. Between them sit 11 h 45 min of daylight.
Time in Pacayal and Carara, both close to El Sur, runs the same.
Postal codes in El Sur number 6.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in El Sur?
- Time in El Sur follows the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time applied in El Sur?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in El Sur?
- Sunset in El Sur is at 5:15 PM.