Costa Rica
Time now in Costa Rica
Sunrise 05:27Sunset 05:51Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
4,999,441
Sunrise
05:27
Sunset
05:51
Day length
12h 24m
Coordinates
10.00, -84.00
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
Costa Rica 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Costa Rica 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.
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 Costa Rica.
Frequently asked questions about time in Costa Rica
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Costa_Rica, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
705 places in Costa Rica
Other cities in the same country, sized by population.