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Time in San José, Costa Rica now

13:13:58

Key facts

TimezoneAmerica/Costa_Rica
AbbreviationCST
UTC offsetGMT-6
Unix time1782846838
UTC time2026-06-30T19:13:58.538Z
Current year2026
State / regionSan José
CountryCosta Rica
Cities listed510
Latitude9.932543
Longitude-84.079578
Day of weekTuesday
Day of year181
Week number27

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  • San José is a state or region in Costa Rica.
  • Latitude: 9.9325. Longitude: -84.0796
  • Timezone: America/Costa_Rica

Current local time in San José

UTC-6

America/Costa_Rica

San José city pages include local time, state-level navigation, time zone, coordinates and nearby comparisons.

Methodology and trust

About this San José time page

This San José page combines live clock output with timezone, offset, holiday, and daylight context so the page is useful beyond a single timestamp.

Last reviewedJune 28, 2026

Template logic, page copy, and trust notes were reviewed manually in the current rollout.

Time and DST sourceAmerica/Costa_Rica

Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.

Weather and solar layerOpen-Meteo + coordinate calculations

Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.

Holiday coverageCR holiday dataset

Calendar and next-holiday data use normalized HolidayFinder coverage with a date-holidays fallback. Regional holiday matches can also include San José where source coverage is available.

Read the full editorial methodology and data sources, see who publishes the site, or send corrections through the contact page.

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for San José

  • Sunrise: 05:43
  • Sunset: 18:17
  • Day length: 12h 34m
  • Solar noon: 12:00
  • The solar values are estimated from latitude and day of year.

A clearer state-level view of time in San José

The current time in San José is 13:13:58 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. A state page sits between the national clock and the individual city pages, which makes it useful when your question is regional rather than tied to one specific place.

That usually means one of two things: you want a clean answer for the whole state, or you want to move quickly between the strongest city clocks inside it. This page is built for both. It keeps time across Costa Rica nearby, while still making room for the specific city pages that often do the real scheduling work.

In the current dataset, the biggest city reference is San Jose, built from 21 matched city records. That gives the page a stronger regional backbone than a thin state directory.

A good mid-tier state page should answer the regional time question directly, then point people toward the major city pages and the most useful sibling regions inside the same country.

How time works across San José

A state page becomes useful when the city is not yet clear. People may know they need time in San José, but they may not know which city inside the state matters most. In that case, the state clock gives the regional answer first and lets the city choice come second.

If the state acts like one broad clock, the regional page may be enough for quick coordination. If not, the state page still works as the directory that shows where the local details start to diverge.

This is why a state page should not read like a thin country page or a large city page. Its job is different. It needs to connect the visitor to the right city clocks, explain whether the wider state view is reliable on its own, and keep a clean path back to time across Costa Rica.

For immediate scheduling, the safest next step is usually one of the major city pages such as time in San José, time in Curridabat, and time in San Isidro.

San José clock, city depth, and timezone context

San José time right now

The regional clock is 13:13:58 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, using CST with a live UTC or GMT offset of GMT-6.

510 cities in this state

The representative city page for this state view is time in San José, which is a good starting point when you want the live clock tied to a named city instead of the state as a whole.

The largest city in the current dataset is San Jose, which helps explain why some visitors start from that city before moving back to the state view.

How statewide time behaves

San José effectively behaves as a one-timezone region in this dataset.

San José city clocks and related regional pages

Daylight context for the main city in this state view

Using time in San José as the representative city, sunrise is 05:43, sunset is 18:17, and estimated day length is 12h 34m.

That does not replace local daylight differences across the entire state, especially when other major cities such as San Jose sit in a different part of the region.

San José time FAQ

What time is it in San José right now?

This page shows the current regional time for San José as 13:13:58 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

Does all of San José follow one time zone?

In this dataset, San José behaves as a one-timezone state view.

Should I use the state page or a city page?

Use the state page when the question is regional. Use a city page such as time in San José and time in Curridabat when the decision depends on a specific local clock.

What is the main city reference for San José?

This state page currently uses San José as the representative city reference, which gives the clock, daylight, and comparison sections a concrete local anchor.

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