Palma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8941, -84.2886
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 32 km away
- Same name
- 71 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palma, San José, Costa Rica
This page carries the current local time for Palma, San José, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
Palma, Costa Rica
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Palma
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Palma.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:05 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Palma right now
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Palma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10704 Piedras Negras — 2.5 km away
- 10701 Colón — 3.6 km away
- 10408 San Antonio — 3.7 km away
- 10702 Guayabo — 4.5 km away
- 10407 Desamparaditos — 5.9 km away
- 20111 Turrúcares — 6.9 km away
- 10405 San Rafael — 7.7 km away
- 20105 Guácima — 7.9 km away
- 10906 Brasil — 8.2 km away
- 10401 Santiago — 8.4 km away
- 10703 Tabarcia — 9.1 km away
- 10403 Barbacoas — 9.2 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 Palma
- Palma Balearic Islands, Spain
- Palma Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Palma Sicily, Italy
- Palma Sicily, Italy
- Palma Alagoas, Brazil
Nearby places
- Uruca — 15.7 km
- Brenon — 16.0 km
- Bajo La Palma — 16.3 km
- Bajo Palma — 16.4 km
- Limas — 16.7 km
- Teruel — 16.9 km
About the time in Palma
12 postal codes are in use across Palma.
The time zone used in Palma is America/Costa_Rica, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today Palma sees sunrise at 5:27 AM, sunset at 5:21 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 55 min.
Uruca and Brenon are near Palma and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Palma?
- The correct time zone for Palma is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does Palma keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Palma: No.
- When does daylight begin in Palma?
- Daylight begins at 5:27 AM.