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Current local time in Costa Rica

One time zone, 41 cities listed

Costa Rica keeps a single time zone, America/Costa_Rica: Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) all year, with no daylight saving.

Every clock below is computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so the offsets reflect the daylight-saving rules in force today rather than a value written down once and left to rot.

Map of time in Costa Rica

The shaded side of the map is in night right now. Hover or tap a dot for its local time.

Costa Rica time zones and current offsets

Time zones used in Costa Rica, with the current local time, UTC offset and daylight-saving status of each.
IANA zoneLocal time nowUTC offsetDaylight savingLargest city
America/Costa_Rica08:02 AMUTC−6Not observedSan José

Converting a specific time into Costa Rica? Use the converter, or find an hour that works across both ends of the call.

Local time by city in Costa Rica

41 cities, largest first. Each links to a live clock with that city's own zone, sun times and daylight-saving dates — matched to the city rather than assumed from the country.

San JoséUTC−6LimónUTC−6San FranciscoUTC−6AlajuelaUTC−6LiberiaUTC−6ParaísoUTC−6PuntarenasUTC−6San IsidroUTC−6CurridabatUTC−6San VicenteUTC−6San Vicente de MoraviaUTC−6San JoséUTC−6PurralUTC−6TurrialbaUTC−6San MiguelUTC−6San PedroUTC−6San Rafael AbajoUTC−6QuesadaUTC−6IpísUTC−6CartagoUTC−6ChacaritaUTC−6San JuanUTC−6Mercedes NorteUTC−6GuadalupeUTC−6AserríUTC−6San RafaelUTC−6San FelipeUTC−6PatarráUTC−6TejarUTC−6HerediaUTC−6San PabloUTC−6Calle BlancosUTC−6CañasUTC−6GuápilesUTC−6SiquirresUTC−6San DiegoUTC−6ColimaUTC−6EsparzaUTC−6San Juan de DiosUTC−6NicoyaUTC−6San Rafael ArribaUTC−6

Costa Rica time: questions and answers

What time is it in Costa Rica right now?
San José, the largest city in Costa Rica, is on America/Costa_Rica: Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) all year, with no daylight saving. The whole country shares that time; the table on this page shows it live.
How many time zones does Costa Rica have?
One. The whole of Costa Rica uses America/Costa_Rica: Central Standard Time (CST, UTC−6) all year, with no daylight saving.
Does Costa Rica observe daylight saving time?
No. Costa Rica stays on the same offset all year. That means the difference between Costa Rica and countries that do change their clocks shifts by an hour twice a year, even though nothing changed locally.
Which cities in Costa Rica are covered?
41 cities in Costa Rica, each with its own page showing live local time, its IANA zone and UTC offset, the next daylight-saving change, and today's sunrise and sunset. This page links to every one of them.
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