Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.7659, -84.0551
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 29 km away
- Same name
- 736 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Elena, San José, Costa Rica
The page gives the present local time in Santa Elena, San José, Costa Rica, whose time zone is America/Costa_Rica (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Santa Elena.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:28 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:14 PM Daylight 11 h 45 min Night 12 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:07 AM – 5:35 PM
Weather in Santa Elena right now
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Santa Elena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51004
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 Santa Elena
- Santa Elena Santa Elena, Ecuador
- Santa Elena Entre Rios, Argentina
- Santa Elena Bicol Region, Philippines
- Santa Elena Cayo District, Belize
- Santa Elena Usulutan, El Salvador
Nearby places
- Rosario — 8.6 km
- San Pablo — 9.1 km
- Leon Cortes — 9.3 km
- San Pablo — 9.3 km
- Carrizales — 10.0 km
- San Isidro De Leon Cortes — 10.1 km
Santa Elena: clock, sun and surroundings
Near Santa Elena you can add Rosario and San Pablo, both on the same time.
1 postal code divide Santa Elena.
Time in Santa Elena follows the zone America/Costa_Rica, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Today Santa Elena sees sunrise at 5:28 AM, sunset at 5:14 PM. Daylight comes out to 11 h 45 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Santa Elena?
- The time zone covering Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- What time zone rules apply in Santa Elena — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Elena: No.
- How late does the sun set in Santa Elena?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:14 PM.