Costa Rica
Time now in Puerto Cortés
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:26Sunset 05:47Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
7,969
Sunrise
05:26
Sunset
05:47
Day length
12h 22m
Coordinates
9.02, -83.58
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About the time in Puerto Cortés
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.
Puerto Cortés 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 7,969 people live in Puerto Cortés, 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 Puerto Cortés
- When do the sun rise and set in Puerto Cortés today?
- Sunrise is at 05:26 and sunset at 05:47, giving 12h 22m of daylight.
- What time is it in Puerto Cortés right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Puerto Cortés, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
- 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.
- Which time zone is Puerto Cortés in?
- Puerto Cortés uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
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