Costa Rica in numbers
- Coordinates
- 30.2969, -115.8050
- Region
- Baja California
- Country
- Mexico, North America
- Capital
- Mexico City — 2067 km away
- Same name
- 58 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Costa Rica, Baja California, Mexico
Find the present-moment local time in Costa Rica, Baja California, Mexico, which uses America/Tijuana (−8).
Costa Rica, Mexico
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Tijuana
Local time in Costa Rica
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
Costa Rica keeps America/Tijuana clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:04 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 4:52 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in Costa Rica right now
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Costa Rica and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30148
- 30596
- 41666
- 70783
- 83334
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 Baja California
- Tijuana 1 922 523
- Mexicali 1 032 686
- Ensenada 443 807
- Rosarito 100 660
- Tecate 64 764
- Porticos De San Antonio 34 234
Other places named Costa Rica
- Costa Rica Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Costa Rica Sinaloa, Mexico
- Costa Rica Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Costa Rica Chiapas, Mexico
- Costa Rica San Martín Department, Peru
Same time zone — America/Tijuana
Nearby places
- Ejido Valle Tranquilo — 0.8 km
- La Lobera — 1.1 km
- El Socorro — 2.5 km
- El Coyote — 3.1 km
- El Socorrito — 3.3 km
- Tres Palmas — 5.2 km
Local time details for Costa Rica
Costa Rica appears under 5 postal codes.
For Costa Rica the applicable zone is America/Tijuana, running UTC−8. Daylight saving time: No.
The day begins at Costa Rica with sunrise at 6:04 AM and ends with sunset at 4:52 PM. Daylight totals 10 h 48 min.
Close by, Ejido Valle Tranquilo and La Lobera keep time with Costa Rica.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica is assigned to the America/Tijuana time zone, with an offset of −8.
- Does Costa Rica have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Costa Rica: No.
- How early does the sun rise in Costa Rica?
- The first sunlight comes at 6:04 AM.