San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6623, -83.9712
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 41 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, San José, Costa Rica
This page shows local time in San Rafael, San José, Costa Rica as of this moment, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Rafael, Costa Rica
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in San Rafael.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:25 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:04 AM – 5:41 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10203
- 10405
- 11102
- 11504
- 20108
- 20206
- 20803
- 21501
- 30304
- 30701
- 40501
- 60204
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 Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael California, United States
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Nearby places
- Santa María — 1.1 km
- Nubes — 1.8 km
- Llano De Piedra — 1.9 km
- Higueronal — 2.0 km
- Dota — 2.7 km
- Llano Piedra — 3.1 km
San Rafael: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes correspond to San Rafael.
Time in San Rafael follows the zone America/Costa_Rica, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Sunrise for San Rafael today is set at 5:25 AM, sunset at 5:20 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 55 min.
Neighbouring Santa María and Nubes keep the same hours as San Rafael.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in San Rafael?
- Time in San Rafael follows the America/Costa_Rica time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in San Rafael?
- No.
- When is the sun down in San Rafael?
- The sun goes down at 5:20 PM.