Santa Elena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.3509, -83.6279
- Region
- San José
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 87 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 time in Santa Elena, San José, Costa Rica at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Santa Elena
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Elena, San José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:24 AM Solar noon 11:21 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:02 AM – 5:40 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
- Juntas de Pacuar — 8.9 km
- Juntas — 9.1 km
- Las Brisas — 9.8 km
- Ribera — 10.4 km
- Bajos de Pacuar — 10.4 km
- Santa Fé — 11.0 km
Local time details for Santa Elena
Santa Elena spans 1 postal code.
The local zone in Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, standing at UTC−6. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Sunrise today in Santa Elena lands at 5:24 AM; sunset lands at 5:19 PM. That is 11 h 55 min of light.
Juntas de Pacuar and Juntas are close to Santa Elena and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Santa Elena?
- The time zone local to Santa Elena is America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Is the local clock in Santa Elena affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Santa Elena today?
- Sunrise 5:24 AM, sunset 5:19 PM.