Poas in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.8722, -84.0996
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 19 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Poas, San José, Costa Rica
On this page the local time of Poas, San José, Costa Rica is updated live, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Poas, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Poas
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Poas.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:26 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:05 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in Poas right now
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Poas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10303 San Juan de Dios — 1.4 km away
- 11002 San Josecito — 2.0 km away
- 11004 Concepción — 2.1 km away
- 10601 Aserrí — 2.1 km away
- 11003 San Antonio — 2.7 km away
- 10304 San Rafael Arriba — 2.9 km away
- 10311 San Rafael Abajo — 3.1 km away
- 11001 Alajuelita — 3.4 km away
- 10607 Salitrillos — 3.6 km away
- 10301 Desamparados — 4.2 km away
- 11005 San Felipe — 4.5 km away
- 10111 San Sebastián — 4.7 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 Poas
Nearby places
- Bajo Máquinas — 14.6 km
- San Andres — 14.9 km
- Rastrojales — 15.5 km
- Ojo de Agua — 16.0 km
- Angostura — 16.1 km
- Cuesta — 16.6 km
Time and daylight in Poas
Postal service in Poas uses 12 codes.
Local timekeeping in Poas uses America/Costa_Rica, equal to UTC−6. Summer clock change: No.
Today in Poas the sun appears at 5:26 AM and sets again at 5:20 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 54 min.
Bajo Máquinas and San Andres sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Poas.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Poas listed?
- The time zone in Poas is listed as America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is summer time in effect in Poas at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Poas: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Poas?
- In Poas the sun rises at 5:26 AM.