Costa Rica
Time now in Puntarenas
Sunrise 05:30Sunset 05:54Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
115,019
Sunrise
05:30
Sunset
05:54
Day length
12h 24m
Coordinates
9.98, -84.81
Time difference from Puntarenas
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Puntarenas right now.
Puntarenas on the map
About the time in Puntarenas
Puntarenas 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 Puntarenas 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.
Sunrise today lands at 05:30 and sunset at 05:54 local time, giving 12h 24m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (9.98, -84.81) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Puntarenas.
Frequently asked questions about time in Puntarenas
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Puntarenas?
- Puntarenas is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What are normal business hours in Puntarenas in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Puntarenas runs from 15:00–23:00 UTC today.
- Does Puntarenas change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Puntarenas keeps UTC −6 throughout the year.
- What time is it in Puntarenas right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Puntarenas, updating every second from America/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
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