San Carlos in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6293, -84.0938
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 45 km away
- Same name
- 605 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Carlos, San José, Costa Rica
Watch the current local time in San Carlos, San José, Costa Rica, running on the America/Costa_Rica time zone (−6).
San Carlos, Costa Rica
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Carlos
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Carlos.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:13 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in San Carlos right now
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San Carlos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10503
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 San Carlos
- San Carlos Cojedes, Venezuela
- San Carlos Ñuble, Chile
- San Carlos California, United States
- San Carlos Maldonado, Uruguay
- San Carlos Córdoba, Colombia
Nearby places
- Esperanza — 2.6 km
- Alto San Juan — 3.0 km
- Alto Pacayas — 3.4 km
- Napoles — 3.8 km
- Bajo Jénaro — 4.0 km
- Mata De Cana — 4.4 km
Local time details for San Carlos
San Carlos includes 1 postal code.
San Carlos runs its day on America/Costa_Rica, which is offset UTC−6. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
In San Carlos today the sun is out from 5:30 AM until 5:13 PM. That comes to 11 h 43 min of daylight.
Neighbours of San Carlos such as Esperanza and Alto San Juan share its clock.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in San Carlos?
- The time in San Carlos is calculated using America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in San Carlos?
- Daylight saving in San Carlos: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in San Carlos today?
- Sunrise 5:30 AM, sunset 5:13 PM.