Mexico
Time now in Costa Rica
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18Sunset 06:52Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
26
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
06:52
Day length
12h 34m
Coordinates
17.03, -98.39
Time difference from Costa Rica
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Costa Rica right now.
Costa Rica on the map
About the time in Costa Rica
Clocks in Costa Rica stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −6 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Mexico.
Costa Rica runs on America/Mexico_City, 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.
Sunrise today lands at 06:18 and sunset at 06:52 local time, giving 12h 34m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (17.03, -98.39) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Costa Rica.
Frequently asked questions about time in Costa Rica
- What time is it in Costa Rica right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Costa Rica, updating every second from America/Mexico_City (UTC −6).
- What are normal business hours in Costa Rica in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Costa Rica runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Costa Rica in?
- Costa Rica uses America/Mexico_City, currently UTC −6.
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