Costa Rica
Time now in Candelarita
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 05:28Sunset 05:52Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
1,436
Sunrise
05:28
Sunset
05:52
Day length
12h 23m
Coordinates
9.79, -84.34
Time difference from Candelarita
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About the time in Candelarita
Sunrise today lands at 05:28 and sunset at 05:52 local time, giving 12h 23m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (9.79, -84.34) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Candelarita.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Candelarita 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.
Candelarita 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 Candelarita
- Does Candelarita change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Candelarita keeps UTC −6 throughout the year.
- What are normal business hours in Candelarita in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Candelarita runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Candelarita right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Candelarita, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
- Which time zone is Candelarita in?
- Candelarita uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
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