Costa Rica
Time now in Arenal
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:30Sunset 05:54Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
2,300
Sunrise
05:30
Sunset
05:54
Day length
12h 25m
Coordinates
10.52, -84.85
Time difference from Arenal
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Arenal right now.
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About the time in Arenal
Sunrise today lands at 05:30 and sunset at 05:54 local time, giving 12h 25m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (10.52, -84.85) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Arenal.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Arenal day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 15:00–23:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Arenal 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Arenal
- Which time zone is Arenal in?
- Arenal uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
- When do the sun rise and set in Arenal today?
- Sunrise is at 05:30 and sunset at 05:54, giving 12h 25m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Arenal?
- Arenal is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Arenal right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Arenal, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
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