Costa Rica
Time now in Alajuela
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28Sunset 05:50Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
42,975
Sunrise
05:28
Sunset
05:50
Day length
12h 23m
Coordinates
10.02, -84.21
Time difference from Alajuela
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Alajuela right now.
Alajuela on the map
About the time in Alajuela
The zone identifier America/Costa_Rica is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Costa_Rica keeps pointing at Costa Rica time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Alajuela runs on America/Costa_Rica, which puts the city UTC −6 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 42,975 people live in Alajuela, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Alajuela
- What are normal business hours in Alajuela in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Alajuela runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Alajuela right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Alajuela, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Alajuela?
- Alajuela is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Alajuela in?
- Alajuela uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
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