San Salvador in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.2575, -83.7908
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 90 km away
- Same name
- 151 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Salvador, San José, Costa Rica
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in San Salvador, San José, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
San Salvador, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in San Salvador
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
San Salvador keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:24 AM Solar noon 11:22 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:03 AM – 5:40 PM
Weather in San Salvador right now
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San Salvador and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11909 Barú — 7.6 km away
- 11901 San Isidro de El General — 10.6 km away
- 60504 Bahía Ballena — 11.5 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 San Salvador
- San Salvador San Salvador Department, El Salvador
- San Salvador Entre Rios, Argentina
- San Salvador Western Visayas, Philippines
- San Salvador Hidalgo, Mexico
- San Salvador Chiapas, Mexico
Nearby places
Local time details for San Salvador
The zone name for San Salvador is America/Costa_Rica and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunlight reaches San Salvador at 5:24 AM and fades after 5:19 PM today. The span is 11 h 55 min.
San Salvador shares one clock with the nearby places San Luis and Barucito.
3 codes make up the postal map of San Salvador.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for San Salvador?
- Use America/Costa_Rica for San Salvador; its offset is −6.
- Does San Salvador use summer time?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in San Salvador — what are they?
- Sunrise at 5:24 AM, sunset at 5:19 PM.