San José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -7.0403, -78.4992
- Region
- Cajamarca Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 580 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
Watch the current local time in San José, Cajamarca Department, Peru, running on the America/Lima time zone (−5).
San José, Peru
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in San José
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
San José keeps America/Lima clock_time.
Sunrise 5:47 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 12 h 23 min Night 11 h 37 min Civil twilight 5:26 AM – 6:32 PM
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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.
12 codes are used to address mail in San José.
The local zone in San José is America/Lima, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
First light in San José comes at 5:47 AM today; darkness returns after 6:10 PM. The day gives 12 h 23 min of light.
The clock does not change between San José, Aylambo and Huacariz.